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WILD CELERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wild celery mean? 

WILD CELERY (noun)
  The noun WILD CELERY has 2 senses:

1. herb of Europe and temperate Asiaplay

2. submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australiaplay

  Familiarity information: WILD CELERY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WILD CELERY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Herb of Europe and temperate Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Apium graveolens; wild celery

Hypernyms ("wild celery" 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 ("wild celery" is a member of...):

Apium; genus Apium (celery)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

eelgrass; tape grass; Vallisneria spiralis; wild celery

Hypernyms ("wild celery" is a kind of...):

aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)

Holonyms ("wild celery" is a member of...):

genus Vallisneria; Vallisneria (eelgrass; eel grass)


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