Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
genus Apium

genus Apium

8.8
A group of plants like celery in the parsley family
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒiːnəs ˈeɪpiəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : género Apium
  • Celery is perhaps the most well-known member of the genus Apium.

Examples

  • The genus Apium contains several edible and medicinal species.

  • Botanists often study the genus Apium for its culinary and ecological importance.

  • The genus Apium includes various species such as celery.

  • Did you know that genus Apium is part of the Apiaceae family?

  • Celery is perhaps the most well-known member of the genus Apium.

  • The genus Apium contains several edible and medicinal species.

  • Botanists often study the genus Apium for its culinary and ecological importance.

Surface Forms

genus Apium singular
genera Apium plural

Morphology

genus + Apium

This is a literal taxonomic construction: 'genus' (a biological rank) combined with 'Apium' (the Latin name of the genus). The phrase simply denotes the taxonomic group called Apium (which includes celery), so a learner who knows both constituents would directly derive the meaning.

Etymology

The term genus Apium comes from Latin, where genus means a 'group' and Apium was the old name for celery. Plant scientists used that old name for the whole group of celery-like plants, so genus Apium now means the group of plants that includes celery.