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Wild celery
Answer for the clue "Wild celery ", 8 letters:
smallage
Word definitions for smallage in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. celery in its wild (uncultivated) form.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smallage \Small"age\, n. [Small + F. ache smallage. See Ach parsley.] (Bot.) A biennial umbelliferous plant ( Apium graveolens ) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes ...
Usage examples of smallage.
The root of the Wild Celery, Smallage, or Marsh Parsley, was reckoned, by the ancients, one of the five great aperient roots, and was employed in their diet drinks.