pars|ley

pars|ley
pars|ley «PAHRS lee», noun, plural -leys.
1. a garden plant with finely divided, often curled, fragrant leaves used to flavor food and to trim platters of meat or fish. Parsley is a biennial herb native to the Mediterranean region. It belongs to the parsley family.
2. any one of certain similar or related plants.
╂[fusion of Old English petersilie, and of Middle English percil (< Old French peresil); both < Vulgar Latin petrosilium < Latin petroselīnum < Greek petrosélīnon < pétros rock + sélīnon parsley]

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