Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
stone parsley

stone parsley

9.6
A wild plant with flat divided leaves and small white or pink flowers
  • noun
translation icon : perejil de piedra
  • In early summer, the garden was alive with stone parsley showcasing its delicate white flowers.

Examples

  • The roadside was dotted with stone parsley blooming among the grasses.

  • Her garden included wildflowers like stone parsley and cow parsley.

  • For identification, notice how stone parsley resembles true parsley but has distinct white flowers.

  • I saw a beautiful stone parsley in the garden.

  • The stone parsley flowers bloom in spring.

  • I spotted stone parsley along the hiking trail, its lush green leaves contrasting beautifully with the pink blooms.

  • The florist used stone parsley in the bouquet because of its unique shape and charming flowers.

Synonyms

moon carrot
vsstone parsley
  • UK
9.9

A plant with tall stems, thin leaves, and clusters of small white or pink flowers

is a common name usually applied to some species in that genus

Surface Forms

stone parsley singular
stone parsleys plural

Morphology

stone + parsley

The noun is compositionally built: 'stone' modifies 'parsley', signalling a parsley-like plant associated with stones/rocks or with a stony appearance. This modifier + noun pattern is highly regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows 'stone' and 'parsley' can reasonably infer the plant sense.

Etymology

Stone parsley comes from a simple picture: the plant looks like parsley but often grows on stones or rocky soil. So the name means 'a parsley-like plant that grows among rocks'.