parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway … Universalium
parsley — parsleylike, adj. /pahr slee/, n. 1. an herb, Pertoselinum crispum, native to the Mediterranean, having either curled leaf clusters (French parsley) or flat compound leaves (Italian parsley), widely cultivated for use in garnishing or seasoning… … Universalium
parsley — [pärs′lē] n. [ME parseli < OE petersilie & OFr persil, both < VL * petrosilium < L petroselinum < Gr petroselinon, rock parsley < petros, stone + selinon, celery] a cultivated plant (Petroselinum hortense) of the umbel family, with … English World dictionary
Parsley Frogs — Taxobox name = Parsley Frogs image width = 200px image caption = Pelodytes punctatus fossil range = Fossil range/Sandbox|47|0Mid Eocene – Recent regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Amphibia ordo = Anura subordo = Mesobatrachia familia … Wikipedia
Parsley — Taxobox name = Parsley image width = 250px image caption = Parsley regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Apiales familia = Apiaceae genus = Petroselinum species = Petroselinum crispum subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
parsley — Apiaceae Apiaceae n. 1. a family of plants bearing flowers in umbels; examples are: {parsley}; {carrot}; {anise}; {caraway}; {celery}; {dill}. Syn: Umbelliferae, family {Umbelliferae}, family {Apiaceae}, carrot family [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Parsley — This interesting and unusual surname, of Norman origin, with variant spellings Parsly, Parcely, Parsloe, Parslow, Paslow, Pashley, etc., derives from the Olde French phrase passelewe , a compound of the elements passe(r) , to pass or cross,… … Surnames reference
parsley piert — noun (plural parsley pierts) Etymology: probably by folk etymology (influence of parsley (I) and of English dialect piert, alteration of English pert) from Middle French perce pierre, from percer to pierce + pierre stone, from Latin petra rock,… … Useful english dictionary
parsley frog — noun A group of frogs in the Pelodytidae family, which have the appearance of being garnished with parsley … Wiktionary
family Apiaceae — noun plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill • Syn: ↑Umbelliferae, ↑family Umbelliferae, ↑Apiaceae, ↑carrot family • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family … Useful english dictionary
