English Explanatory Dictionary

parsley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
  2. The leaves of this plant used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.
  3. Any herb resembling parsley, such as cilantro (Chinese parsley) or chervil (French parsley).
verb
  1. To add parsley to.
name
  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɑː(ɹ)sli/ En-us-parsley.ogg

Word forms

parsley parsleys parsleying parsleyed Parshley Parslow

Etymology

From Middle English persely, from Old French peresil, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”). Displaced Old English petersiliġe, which goes back to the same root.

Related words

Parsley Hay

Derived words

bastard parsley beaked parsley black parsley bur parsley Chinese parsley common parsley corn parsley cow parsley dog parsley flat-leaved parsley fool's parsley poison parsley French parsley garden parsley Hamburg parsley hedge parsley hemlock parsley horse parsley Italian parsley milk parsley mountain parsley parsley fern parsley frog parsley haw parsley-leaved hawthorn parsleylike parsley piert root parsley sea parsley spring parsley square parsley stone parsley turnip-rooted parsley Welsh parsley
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