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sellery

sellery is the obsolete spelling of celery.

Meaning of celery

Noun

celery (usually uncountable, plural celeries)

  1. (usually) A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
  2. (usually) The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
    • In eighteenth century France celery soup was a means of whetting the amorous appetite.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 58
  3. (usually) A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.

Questions about sellery

What is sellery the obsolete spelling of?
Sellery is the obsolete spelling of celery.

Words near sellery in the dictionary

  1. Seller's Pack
  2. seller's remorse
  3. sellers
  4. sellers' markets
  5. Sellerses
  6. sellery
  7. selles
  8. Selles-sur-Cher
  9. Selles-sur-Chers
  10. sellest
  11. selleth

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