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parsley

parsley

58 1.0
A small green plant with flat or curly leaves used to add flavor to food
  • noun
  • /ˈpɑr.sli/
translation icon : perejil
  • Maybe they both have olive oil and parsley and spices.

Maybe they both have olive oil and parsley and spices.

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Examples

  • A hand places a garnish of parsley on it, then carries the plate to the lunch counter.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • We're going to go ahead and take cream of chicken, minced onion, parsley, and salt and pepper.

  • Always better if you put the parsley on first.

  • Did you say she grows her own parsley?

  • And then in my water bottle that I'm taking with me for the day, I just have some parsley and some ginger and water.

  • And then I've got an Italian parsley right here.

  • Tom tells me, "You've got a big pot of parsley growing, did you know?"

    Blog text (19)
  • OK, in this one we've got parsley, brown sugar and lemon on the rim.

  • Sprinkle a little fresh parsley over the top and fresh basil.

  • Her mother was in the kitchen, chopping onions, garlic, and parsley on a wooden chopping board.

Synonyms

flat-leaf parsley
vsparsley
1 2.7

An herb with flat broad leaves that people use in cooking for its strong flavor

is the common aromatic plant used both as garnish and flavoring
Italian parsley
vsparsley
1 3.4

A small plant with flat dark green leaves that adds a mild fresh taste to food

is the broader culinary herb family used for garnish and seasoning
6.4

A small herb with green leaves used to add flavor and color to food, also called parsley

is the everyday aromatic plant used for garnish and flavor

A parsley with flat leaves used in cooking for its strong flavor

is the general aromatic plant with flat or curly leaves
Welsh parsley
vsparsley
8.9

An edible herb people use to flavor salads and cooked food

is mainly the leafy herb used for garnish or seasoning rather than stems
beaked parsley
vsparsley
9.2

A small aromatic herb with curly leaves used to flavour soups and salads

is the general cooking herb used more broadly for garnish and flavor
Hamburg parsley
vsparsley
9.5

A plant with smooth leaves and a large white root used as a vegetable

is primarily the leaf herb used for flavor and decoration
turnip-rooted parsley
vsparsley
  • UK
8.9

A white root vegetable with smooth leaves that looks like a parsnip

is mainly the leafy cooking herb used for flavor and as garnish

Compounds

An herb with flat broad leaves that people use in cooking for its strong flavor

A small plant with flat dark green leaves that adds a mild fresh taste to food

A small aromatic herb with curly leaves used to flavour soups and salads

A green herb with flat leaves used to add fresh flavor to food

9.1

A tall plant with clusters of small white flowers that grows wild by roads and fields

A fern that grows in rocky places in northern North America with leaves like parsley

A fern with bright green leaves like parsley that grows in rocky places in Europe

A poisonous plant that looks like parsley and can make you sick

A small fern with bright green leaves like parsley that grows on rocky mountain slopes

A plant with smooth leaves and a large white root used as a vegetable

9.3

A European herb like celery that people use to flavor food

9.9

A small tree with leaves cut like parsley that makes red berries and grows in the southern United States

A white root vegetable like a carrot that you eat raw or cooked

A small thorny tree or shrub from the southern United States with leaves like parsley

A tall plant with fernlike leaves and white flowers that can make animals or people very ill

A wild plant with flat divided leaves and small white or pink flowers

A white root vegetable with smooth leaves that looks like a parsnip

An edible herb people use to flavor salads and cooked food

A plant that grows wild with leaves like parsley or carrot

How Aromatic

rosemary
117 2.3
basil
91 1.0
cilantro
  • US
41 3.5
parsley
58 1.0
chervil
3 8.9

Surface Forms

parsley singular
parsleys plural

Etymology

The word parsley comes from the Greek petroselinon, made of petros 'rock' and selinon 'celery'. It was called 'rock celery' because it grew on rocky ground, so think of parsley as a small green herb, like celery, used to add a fresh taste to food.