turnip-rooted celery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of turnip-rooted celery
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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In flavor, they resemble celeriac or turnip-rooted celery, but are not so pleasing.
From Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses by Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville)
Celeriac Salad.—Celeriac, or turnip-rooted celery, is an excellent vegetable for the gouty and the rheumatic.
From Fifty Salads by Murrey, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson)
Soup or turnip-rooted celery, after being cleaned and properly scraped, is prepared like table celery as above, either stewed or fried.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre
This vegetable is also known as "knot celery" and "turnip-rooted celery."
From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Greenbaum, Florence Kreisler
We see this in our radishes, beet, and in the less generally known "turnip-rooted" celery, and in the finocchio, or Italian variety of the common fennel.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 by Darwin, Charles
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