wild celery

noun

1. tape grass.

wild celery

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wild celery¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The scurvy-grass and wild celery, moreover, enable “the doctor” to turn out more than one variety of soup.

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Our last example of the sea-side umbellifers is the Wild Celery (Apium graveolens) of salt marshes and ditches.

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Another article of food which is much prized, is a species of wild celery which grows in great quantities along the coast.

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In return, they brought us large quantities of shell-fish and the delicious wild celery.

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There the canvas-back duck, in a little flock, broke the Sabbath to dive for the wild celery that grows beneath the sound.

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