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WILD CELERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia
Synonyms:
eelgrass; tape grass; Vallisneria spiralis; wild celery
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wild celery" is a kind of...):
aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)
Holonyms ("wild celery" is a member of...):
genus Vallisneria; Vallisneria (eelgrass; eel grass)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Herb of Europe and temperate Asia
Synonyms:
Apium graveolens; wild celery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("wild celery" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("wild celery" is a member of...):
Apium; genus Apium (celery)
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