parsley
/ˈpɑː(ɹ)sli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
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Meaning
noun
A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any herb resembling parsley, such as cilantro (Chinese parsley) or chervil (French parsley).
Uncountable
name
An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States.
Countable; Uncountable
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Etymology
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.
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bastard parsley
beaked parsley
black parsley
bur parsley
Chinese parsley
common parsley
corn parsley
cow parsley