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turnip-rooted celery

turnip-rooted celery

8.4
A vegetable like celery with a large round root eaten cooked or raw
  • noun
  • /ˈtɜrnɪpˌruːtɪd ˈsɛləri/
  • UK
translation icon : apio nabo
  • Turnip-rooted celery is often used in soups, salads, and purees.

Examples

  • She added diced turnip-rooted celery to the stew for extra flavor.

  • I bought some turnip-rooted celery at the farmer's market.

  • Farmers harvested a large crop of turnip-rooted celery this season.

  • Have you ever tried turnip-rooted celery in a salad?

  • I bought some turnip-rooted celery at the farmer's market to make a fresh salad.

  • Farmers harvested a large crop of turnip-rooted celery this season, which is popular for its unique taste.

  • She added diced turnip-rooted celery to the stew for extra flavor, enhancing the dish's aroma.

Synonyms

celery root
vsturnip-rooted celery
3 3.2

A large bumpy root vegetable with a mild celery taste used in cooking

emphasises the plant grown mainly for its edible rounded root
celeriac
vsturnip-rooted celery
1 8.0

A round bumpy root vegetable that tastes like celery and is eaten cooked or raw

is a descriptive phrase rather than the single common name
root celery
vsturnip-rooted celery
5.1

A vegetable with a large, round root that people eat instead of potatoes

focuses on the root crop rather than the leaf and stalk parts
knob celery
vsturnip-rooted celery
  • US
7.1

A vegetable with a large round root used in cooking for soups and stews

is the descriptive phrase focusing on the same root crop rather than stalks
Apium graveolens rapaceum
vsturnip-rooted celery
  • Specialized
9.9

A vegetable with a large, round edible root that tastes like celery and is used in soups and stews

is the everyday descriptive phrase rather than the technical Latin term

Surface Forms

turnip-rooted celery singular
turnip-rooted celeries plural

Morphology

turnip-rooted + celery

The phrase denotes 'celery that has a turnip-like root' and this meaning is directly compositional from 'turnip' + 'rooted' + 'celery' (i.e., a type of celery characterized by a turnip-like root). Although the specific compound is somewhat rare, the X-rooted Y pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically interpretable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would likely infer the meaning.

Etymology

Turnip-rooted celery gets its name from how the plant looks: it is celery with a large, round root like a turnip. The word rooted means the big 'root' you eat and celery shows the taste, so the name means a celery grown for its large edible root, also called 'celeriac'.