Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An edible variety of celery (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum) cultivated for its swollen knobby root.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of celery raised, especially on the continent of Europe, for the root, which is enlarged like a turnip. Also called
turnip-rooted celery . Seecelery .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Turnip-rooted celery, a from of celery with a large globular root, which is used for food.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A form of
celery ,Apium graveolens , having anaromatic taproot eaten as avegetable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant
- noun grown for its thickened edible aromatic root
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Celeriac or celery root (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum): more and more, American supermarkets carry celeriac, which is grown for its bulbous root.
Ingredient: Leaf Celery Laurie Constantino 2007
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Celeriac or celery root (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum): more and more, American supermarkets carry celeriac, which is grown for its bulbous root.
Archive 2007-11-01 Laurie Constantino 2007
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Celery root, also called celeriac or celery knob, is a turnip-rooted celery used extensively in France for flavoring much as we use celery.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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Celery root, also called celeriac or celery knob, is a turnip-rooted celery used extensively in France for flavoring much as we use celery.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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Celery root, also called celeriac or celery knob, is a turnip-rooted celery used extensively in France for flavoring much as we use celery.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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Celery root, also called celeriac or celery knob, is a turnip-rooted celery used extensively in France for flavoring much as we use celery.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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Celery root, also called celeriac or celery knob, is a turnip-rooted celery used extensively in France for flavoring much as we use celery.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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The ash extenuates its smoky flavours but the celeriac is the mere supporting cast for our star, the wildly irresistible boar.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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A slice of celeriac and parmesan tart (£3.10) and a Gloucester Old Spot sausage roll (£3.25), were both very, very good.
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Snow Bear has fennel, German butterball, french fingerling potatoes, dried beans (four varieties), celery and celeriac.
Market Roundup: Sept 30-Oct. 7 Bonnie S. Benwick 2010
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