Meaning

noun annual or perennial herb with aromatic leaves

noun aromatic herb with flat or crinkly leaves that are cut finely and used to garnish food

originFrom 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.

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