Parsley

  

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Parsley

Definition: Parsley

Parsley

Noun

1. Annual or perennial herb with aromatic finely-cut leaves.

2. Aromatic herb with flat or curly leaves.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "parsley" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Etymology: Parsley \Pars"ley\, noun. [from Old English expression persely, persil, French persil, from Latin expression petroselinum rock parsley, Greek; stone parsley. Compare to Celery.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Parsley

DomainDefinition

Computing

Parsley A Pascal extension for construction of parse trees, by Barber of Summit Software. It features Iterators. ["PARSLEY: A New Compiler-Compiler", in Software Development Tools, Techniques and Alternatives, Arlington VA, Jul 1983, pp.232-241]. (1995-02-22). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Dream Interpretation

To dream of parsley, denotes hard-earned success, usually the surroundings of the dreamer are healthful and lively.
To eat parsley, is a sign of good health, but the care of a large family will be your portion. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Food & Agriculture

A biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, with white flowers and crinkly aromatic leaves, used for seasoning and garnishing food. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Parsley He has need now of nothing but a little parsley- i.e. he is dead. The Greeks decked tombs with parsley, because it keeps green a long time.
He needs parsley; that is, he is dead, and should be strewed with parsley. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Apiaceae

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Apiaceae - Carrot family
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Apiales
Family:Apiaceae
Genera
Aciphylla
Actinotus
Aegopodium
Aethusa
Aletes
Ammi
Ammoselinum
Anethum
Angelica
''Anthriscus
Apiastrum
Apium
Arracacia
Astrantia
Athamantha
Azorella
Berula
Bifora
Bolax
Bowlesia
Bunium
Bupleurum
Carum
Caucalis
Centella
Chaerophyllum
Ciclospermum
Cicuta
Cnidium
Coelopleurum
Conioselinum
Conium
Conopodium
Coriandrum
Crithmum
Cryptotaenia
Cuminum
Cyclospermum
Cymopterus
Cynosciadium
Daucosma
Daucus
Dorema
Erigenia
Eryngium
Eurytaenia
Falcaria
Ferula
Foeniculum
Glehnia
Harbouria
Heracleum
Hydrocotyle
Laser
Laserpitium
Levisticum
Ligusticum
Lilaeopsis
Limnosciadium
Lomatium
Meum
Monizia
Musineon
Myrrhis
Neoparrya
Oenanthe
Oreomyrrhis
Oreonana
Oreoxis
Orogenia
Osmorhiza
Oxypolis
Pastinaca
Perideridia
Petroselinum
Peucedanum
Pimpinella
Pleurospermum
Podistera
Polytaenia
Prangos
Pseudocymopterus
Pteryxia
Ptilimnium
Sanicula
Scandix
Selinum
Seseli
Shoshonea
Silaum
Sison
Sium
Smyrnium
Spermolepis
Sphenosciadium
Sympholoma
Synelcosciadium
Taenidia
Tauschia
Thapsia
Thaspium
Tilingia
Tordylium
Torilis
Trachymene
Trachyspermum
Trepocarpus
Turgenia
Yabea
Zizia
Ref: Hortiplex 2003-11-14
The Apiaceae are a family of plants, including parsley, carrot, and other relatives. They were originally called the Umbelliferae, due to the inflorescence in the form of an "umbel". The family contains some highly toxic plants, such as hemlock, which was used to execute Socrates. It also contains some highly useful plants, such as carrots, parsley, caraway, and fennel. Many plants in this family, such as Queen Anne's lace have estrogenic properties, and have been used as folk medicine for birth control. Most notable for this use is the extinct giant fennel, silphium.

Species include:

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Parsley

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Parsley (Petroselinum crispum and Petroselinum neapolitanum) is a bright green, biennial herb that is very common in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking. Parsley's value as a breath-freshener, and much of its taste, come from its high concentration of chlorophyll.

Two forms of parsley are used as herbs: curly leaf and Italian or flat leaf. Curly leaf parsley is often used as a garnish. Many people think flat leaf parsley has a stronger flavor. Another type of parsley is grown for its edible root.

Classification: Parsley is of course a member of the parsley or carrot family, Apiaceae.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Parsley."

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Synonym: Parsley

Synonym: Petroselinum crispum (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Parsley

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Condiment

Pot herbs, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, marjoram.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Parsley

English words defined with "parsley": Aethusa, Aethusa cynapium, American parsley fern, American rock brake, Apiaceae, ApiolBercy, Bercy butter, bourguignon, bourguignon sauce, brown onion sauce, Burgundy saucecarrot family, Chinese parsley, cilantro, Colbert, Colbert butter, coriander, coriander plant, Corn parsley, Cowweed, Cryptogramma acrostichoides, Cryptogramma crispadressEuropean parsley fernfamily Apiaceae, family Umbelliferae, farce, flat-leaf parsley, fool's parsley, forcemeatgarnish, genus Aethusa, genus Petroselinum, genus SisonHamburg parsleyItalian parsleylemon butter, lesser hemlock, Lyonnaise sauceMeuniere butter, mountain parsley fernParsley fern, Percely, Petroselinum, Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum, Petroselinum crispum tuberosum, pouletteSison, Sison amomum, snail butter, stone parsleytabbouleh, tabooli, tartar sauce, tartare sauce, trim, turnip-rooted parsleyUmbelliferaewild parsley. (references)
Specialty definitions using "parsley": Compiler-CompilerDunmow. (references)
Etymologies containing "parsley": Smallage. (references)

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Modern Usage: Parsley

DomainUsage

Clever

If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Parsley Days (2000)

Rod Parsley (1996)

The Parsley Garden (1993)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Parsley

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Parsley

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Photo Album: Parsley

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(9) color slides show eggs cooked three different ways. (3) two cooked eggs (over easy?) with a salsa garnish, (1) two cooked eggs (over easy?) with a side serving of salsa, (1) two cooked eggs (over easy?) with a parsley garnish, (3) plate of scrambled eggs, (1) omelette with a strawberry garnish. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

Shown are 2 pieces of fish in a casserole dish, set in a thick yellow sauce and garnished with parsley. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

There is a wooden cutting board on a white tablecloth. There are various cuts of meat and fish on both the table and the block, garnished with lemons, watercress and parsley. A blue bowl in the background is full of cottage cheese. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Parsley & Basil . Credit: USDA.

Desert Parsley, Lomatium (Lomatium dissectum) at Upper Table Rock. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Agate Desert Lomatium, Cook's Desert Parsley (Lomatium cookii). Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Parsley
 

"Parsley" by Christoph Burgdorfer
Commentary: "Parsley zoom photo."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Parsley

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

For smoking, PCP is often applied to a leafy material such as mint, parsley, oregano, or marijuana. (references)

During the 1960s, PCP in pill form became widely abused, but the surge in illicit use receded rapidly as users became dissatisfied with the long delay between taking the drug and feeling its effects, and with the unpredictable and often violent behavior associated with its use. Powdered PCP - known as "ozone," "rocket fuel," "love boat," "hog," "embalming fluid," or "superweed" - appeared in the 1970s. In powdered form, the drug is sprinkled on marijuana, tobacco, or parsley, then smoked, and the onset of effects is rapid. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Parsley

"Parsley" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.34% of the time. "Parsley" is used about 362 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)98.34%35615,102
Noun (proper)1.66%6143,867
                    Total100.00%362N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Parsley

The following table summarizes the usage of "parsley" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
ParsleyLast name2,0005,771
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Parsley

Expressions using "parsley": american parsley fern beaked parsley chinese parsley Corn parsley cow parsley european parsley fern fool's parsley Hamburg parsley hedge parsley horse parsley italian parsley milk parsley mountain parsley fern parsley and parsnip parsley fern parsley haw parsley piert poison parsley stone parsley welsh parsley wild parsley. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "parsley": parsley-leaved thorn, parsley-sprigged.

Ending with "parsley": cow-parsley.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Parsley

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

rod parsley

291

parsley potato recipe

6

parsley

200

parsley recipe

6

agriculture parsley

33

love parsley true

6

rod parsley ministry

29

parsley plant

6

pastor rod parsley

24

parsley picture

5

growing parsley

21

center jim parsley

5

parsley potato

19

cow parsley

5

parsley tea

12

ambrosia parsley

4

italian parsley

11

ross parsley

4

parsley rob

10

benefit parsley

4

importer parsley

9

parsley caterpillar

4

drying parsley

8

clothing parsley sage

4

breakthrough parsley rod

8

grow parsley

4

parsley herb

8

church harvest parsley rod world

4

parsley ron

8

flat leaf parsley

4

company list parsley

7

parsley dry

4

parsley root

7

dry fresh parsley

3

parsley rosemary sage thyme

7

fresh keeping parsley

3

parsley seller

7

parsley wild

3

house parsley software

6

buyer parsley wholesale

3

parker parsley

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Parsley

Language Translations for "parsley"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

majdanoz. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏البقدونس. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

магданоз. (various references)

   

Catalan

  

julivert. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

荷兰芹, 香菜 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

petržel. (various references)

   

Danish

  

persille. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

peterselie. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

petroselo. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

persilla. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

جعفری(گ.ش.). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

persilja. (various references)

   

French

  

persil. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

sopgriente. (various references)

   

Galician

  

perexil. (various references)

   

German

  

Petersilie. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μαϊντανός, πετροσέλινο. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

פטרוסליה, פטרוסלינון, כרפס (apium, celery). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

petrezselyem, petrezselyem zöldje. (various references)

   

Italian

  

prezzemolo (fern-leaved parsley). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

パステル画 (catcher's error, passed ball, passport, password, pastel, pastoral, pathetic, pathetic drama, personal, personal computer, puzzle). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

パセリ . (various references)

   

Manx

  

perslee, parsal (parse, parsing). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

persille. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arsleypay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

salsa (salsa). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

pãtrunjel. (various references)

   

Romansch

  

peterschigl. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

петрушка. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

perasail. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

peršun. (various references)

   

Sicilian

  

pitrusinu. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

perejil. (various references)

   

Sranan

  

metiwiwiri. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

persilja. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

maydanoz. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

петрушка. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

persli. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Parsley

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

selinon. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

petroselinum, Petroselinum crispum, petroselinum crispum p.miller,nyman ex a.w.hill, Petroselinum hortense, Petroselinum sativum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Parsley

Derivations

Words beginning with "parsley": parsleyed, parsleys. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Parsley" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Carsley, Farsley, Harsley, paralogy, parcely, Pasley, Pearsey, Peesley, persley, Pertsey, Purslow, Yarsley. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Parsley"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "parsley" (pronounced pÄ"rslē)
6p Ä" r s l ēsparsely.
4-r s l ēfiercely, scarcely.
3-s l ēadversely, aimlessly, ambitiously, anonymously, anxiously, assiduously, autonomously, breathlessly, callously, capriciously, carelessly, cautiously, ceaselessly, closely, concisely, conscientiously, consciously, conspicuously, contemporaneously, contemptuously, continuously, conversely, courageously, curiously, dangerously, deliciously, densely, disastrously, jealously, judiciously, laboriously, effortlessly, egregiously, endlessly, enormously, enviously, erroneously, expeditiously, expressly, fabulously, facetiously, fallaciously, falsely, famously, ferociously, flawlessly, frivolously, fruitlessly, furiously, generously, gloriously, graciously, gratuitously, grievously, grossly, harmlessly, harmoniously, hellaciously, helplessly, hideously, hilariously, hopelessly, horrendously, humorously, immensely, incongruously, indigenously, ingeniously, instantaneously, intensely, intravenously, inversely, listlessly, loosely, ludicrously, maliciously, marvelously, mercilessly, meticulously, mindlessly, miraculously, mysteriously, needlessly, nervously, nicely, notoriously, obviously, ominously, ostentatiously, outrageously, painlessly, perilously, perversely, piously, posthumously, precariously, precipitously, precisely, previously, princely, prodigiously, profusely, purposely, recklessly, relentlessly, religiously, restlessly, ridiculously, righteously, rigorously, ruthlessly, scrupulously, seamlessly, seriously, shamelessly, simultaneously, spontaneously, strenuously, studiously, subconsciously, surreptitiously, suspiciously, synonymously, tediously, tenaciously, tensely, tersely, thusly, tirelessly, tremendously, tremulously, unambiguously, unanimously, unceremoniously, unconsciously, variously, vicariously, viciously, vigorously, vociferously, zealously.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Parsley

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: parleys, players, replays, sparely.

Words within the letters "a-e-l-p-r-s-y"

-1 letter: lapser, layers, parles, parley, payers, pearls, pearly, player, plyers, relays, repays, replay, slayer.

-2 letters: apers, apery, apres, arles, aryls, asper, earls, early, eyras, lapse, lares, laser, layer, leaps, lears, leary, lyase, lyres, paler, pales, palsy, pares, parle, parse, payer, peals, pearl, pears, plays, pleas, plyer, prase, prays, presa, preys, pyres, rales, rapes.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-l-p-r-s-y"
 

+1 letter: lampreys, palfreys, paralyse, parsleys, peytrals, plastery, psaltery, sparsely, superlay.

 

+2 letters: calypters, clepsydra, flypapers, foreplays, horseplay, layperson, overplays, paralysed, paralyses, paralyzes, parleyers, parsleyed, playgoers, redisplay, superably.

 

+3 letters: clepsydrae, clepsydras, epistolary, erysipelas, gyroplanes, horseplays, hyperbolas, interplays, laypersons, narcolepsy, paralyzers, pargylines, pelycosaur, personally, personalty, phyllaries, playmakers, pleasantry, polymerase, polyparies, polywaters, presumably, pyrolysate, redisplays, screenplay, separately, spectrally, specularly, superalloy, supernally, underplays.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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