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Definition: Parsley |
ParsleyNoun1. 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) |
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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. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
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.
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 2003-11-14Species include:
- Anethum graveolens - dill
- Anthriscus cerefolium - chervil
- Apium graveolens - celery
- Carum carvi - caraway
- Centella asiatica - gotu kola
- Conium maculatum - poison hemlock
- Coriandrum sativum - coriander
- Cuminum cyminum - cumin
- Daucus carota - carrot
- Eryngium spp. - sea holly
- Foeniculum vulgare - fennel
- Pastinaca sativa - parsnip
- Petroselinum crispum - parsley
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Apiaceae."
(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."
Synonym: ParsleySynonym: Petroselinum crispum (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Condiment | Pot herbs, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, marjoram. |
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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) | |
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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. | ||
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| "Parsley" by Christoph Burgdorfer Commentary: "Parsley zoom photo." |
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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) | ||
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| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.34% | 356 | 15,102 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.66% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 362 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Parsley | Last name | 2,000 | 5,771 |
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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. | |
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| 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. |
| 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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | selinon. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 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. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "parsley": parsleyed, parsleys. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "parsley" (pronounced pÄ"rslē) |
| 6 | p Ä" r s l ē | sparsely. |
| 4 | -r s l ē | fiercely, scarcely. |
| 3 | -s l ē | adversely, 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. |
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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. | |
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