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Petroselinum

noun

parsley

• Syn: ↑genus Petroselinum

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Umbelliferae, ↑family Umbelliferae, ↑Apiaceae, ↑family Apiaceae, ↑carrot family

• Member Meronyms: ↑parsley, ↑Petroselinum crispum

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\\ˌpe.trōsəˈlīnəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, parsley — more at parsley

: a small genus of European glabrous herbs (family Umbelliferae) having slender stems, bracts that are not reflexed, and oval fruits — see parsley

Useful english dictionary. 2012.