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Petersilie |
Pronunciation : Pars"ley
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. persely, persil, F. persil, L. petroselinum rock parsley, Gr. Celery.] (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: An aromatic umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish. As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a rabbit. Shak. Fool's parsley. See under Fool. -- Hedge parsley, Milk parsley, Stone parsley, names given to various weeds of similar appearance to the parsley. -- Parsley fern (Bot.), a small fern with leaves resembling parsley (Cryptogramme crispa). -- Parsley piert (Bot.), a small herb (Alchemilla arvensis) formerly used as a remedy for calculus.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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