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Definition of Celery seed

1. Noun. Seed of the celery plant used as seasoning.

Definition of Celery seed

1. Noun. (herb) The seed of the plant celery, used as a seasoning in cooking. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Celery seed

1. The dried ripe fruit of Apium graveolens (family Umbelliferae); has been used in dysmenorrhoea and as a sedative. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Celery Seed

Literary usage of Celery seed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Landw. Vers.-Stat. 1893, U. 215- UM.VEY: Some Commercial Varieties of Dill Fruits. 1'harm. Jour. 1898, 01, 176. celery seed. ..."

2. The Federal Reporter: With Key-number Annotations by District of Columbia Court of Appeals, United States Commerce Court, Courts of Appeals (1890)
"Against this classification and exaction the plaintiff made sufficient and seasonable protests, claiming that this celery seed was free of duty as "seeds of ..."

3. Food Products by Henry Clapp Sherman (1914)
"celery seed extract is the flavoring extract prepared from celery seed or the oil of celery seed, or both, and contains not less than three tenths (0.3) per ..."

4. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"celery seed extract is the flavoring extract prepared from celery seed or the oil of celery seed, or both, and contains not less than three-tenths (0.3) ..."

5. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach (1920)
"celery seed Extract is the flavoring extract prepared from celery seed or the oil of celery seed, or both, and contains not less than 0.3% by volume of oil ..."

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