wild celery

wild celery

n. See eelgrass.

wild celery

n (Plants) a strongly scented umbelliferous plant, Apium graveolens, of temperate regions: the ancestor of cultivated celery. Archaic name: smallage

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wild celery - herb of Europe and temperate AsiaApium graveolensherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsApium, genus Apium - celery
	2.	wild celery - submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australiatape grass, Vallisneria spiralis, eelgrassgenus Vallisneria, Vallisneria - eelgrass; eel grassaquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant - a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth