The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apium graveolens
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 celery.
Apium graveolens
Celery \Cel"er*y\, n. [F. c['e]leri, cf. Prov. It. seleno, seler; fr. Gr. ? parsley, in Lgr. & NGr. celery. Cf. Parsley.] (Bot.) A plant of the Parsley family ( Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.