parsley

CEFRB1

/ˈpɑː(ɹ)sli/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A green herb used to flavor or decorate food.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any herb resembling parsley, such as cilantro (Chinese parsley) or chervil (French parsley).

Examples

  • The herb used in that pasta sauce might be parsley.

  • Mary doesn't like parsley.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The leaves of this plant used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.

  2. A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To add parsley to.

More examples

In context

  • Put a layer of mashed potato on one side and also on the other after peppering, salting and finely-chopped parsleying it to taste.

  • Though the parsley seemed to have died, outside it started to regenerate. New crimped leaves came free from the sprigs and spread.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English persely, from Old French peresil, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”). Displaced Old English petersiliġe, which goes back to the same root.