wild celery

American  

noun

1. tape grass.

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wild celery British  

noun

1. Archaic name: smallage.  a strongly scented umbelliferous plant, Apium graveolens, of temperate regions: the ancestor of cultivated celery

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Etymology

Origin of wild celery

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The project involved scouting the animals with the help of trackers, watching and waiting for them to finish eating and leave, and retrieving the discarded wild celery stalks.

From Washington Post

Anti-pollution laws and government-funded cleanups made nearby rivers more hospitable to sturgeon, whitefish, beavers and native plants, such as wild celery.

From Seattle Times

Mountain gorillas spend most of their time sleeping, chomping leaves and wild celery stalks, and grooming each other’s fur with long, dexterous fingers.

From Seattle Times

We had dreamed about venturing to Volcanoes National Park to see the endangered mountain gorillas munching on wild celery stalks and bamboo shoots in their high-altitude realm.

From Washington Post

And wild celery, a native grass with little capacity to survive high salinity, all but disappeared, robbing young fish and shrimp of shelter.

From Washington Times