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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parsley \Pars"ley\, n. [OE. persely, persil, F. persil, L.
petroselinum rock parsley, Gr ?; ? stone + ? parsley. Cf
{Celery}.] (Bot.)
An aromatic umbelliferous herb ({Carum Petroselinum}), having
finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a
garnish.
As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a
rabbit. --Shak.
{Fool's parsley}. See under {Fool}.
{Hedge parsley}, {Milk parsley}, {Stone parsley}, names given
to various weeds of similar appearance to the parsley.
{Parsley fern} (Bot.), a small fern with leaves resembling
parsley ({Cryptogramme crispa}).
{Parsley piert} (Bot.), a small herb ({Alchemilla arvensis})
formerly used as a remedy for calculus.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
parsley
n 1: annual or perennial herb with aromatic finely-cut leaves
[syn: {Petroselinum crispum}]
2: aromatic herb with flat or curly leaves
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
Parsley
A {Pascal} extension for construction of {parse tree}s, by
Barber of {Summit Software}. It features {Iterator}s.
["PARSLEY: A New Compiler-Compiler", in Software Development
Tools, Techniques and Alternatives, Arlington VA Jul 1983,
pp.232-241].
(1995-02-22)
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