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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Smallage \Small"age\, n. [Small + F. ache smallage. See {Ach} parsley.] (Bot.) A biennial umbelliferous plant ({Apium graveolens}) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes {celery}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Celery \Cel"er*y\, n. [F. c['e]leri, cf Prov. It seleno, seler; fr Gr ? parsley, in Lgr. & NGr. celery. Cf {Parsley}.] (Bot.) A plant of the Parsley family ({Apium graveolens}), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: celery n 1: widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked [syn: {cultivated celery}, {Apium graveolens dulce}] 2: stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
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