STONE PARSLEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stone parsley mean? 

• STONE PARSLEY (noun)
  The noun STONE PARSLEY has 2 senses:

1. a slender roadside herb of western Europe and Mediterranean areas that has foliage resembling parsley and has white flowers with aromatic seeds

2. any plant of the genus Seseli having dense umbels of small white or pink flowers and finely divided foliage

  Familiarity information: STONE PARSLEY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STONE PARSLEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A slender roadside herb of western Europe and Mediterranean areas that has foliage resembling parsley and has white flowers with aromatic seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Sison amomum; stone parsley

Hypernyms ("stone parsley" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("stone parsley" is a member of...):

genus Sison; Sison (genus including stone parsley)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Seseli having dense umbels of small white or pink flowers and finely divided foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

moon carrot; stone parsley

Hypernyms ("stone parsley" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("stone parsley" is a member of...):

genus Seseli; Seseli (a rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots)