Parsley
Parsley (pars"ly) , noun
[Old English persely, persil, French persil, Latin petroselinum rock parsley, Greek petrose`linon; pe`tros stone + se`linon parsley. Compare Celery.]
(Botany) An aromatic umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish.
As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a rabbit.
Collocations (4)
Fool's parsley , See under Fool.
Hedge parsley or Milk parsley or Stone parsley , names given to various weeds of similar appearance to the parsley.
Parsley fern (Botany) , a small fern with leaves resembling parsley (Cryptogramme crispa).
Parsley piert (Botany) , a small herb (Alchemilla arvensis) formerly used as a remedy for calculus.