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parsley


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parsley  \Pars"ley\,  n.  [OE.  persely,  persil,  F.  persil,  L. 
  petroselinum  rock  parsley,  Gr  ?;  ?  stone  +  ?  parsley.  Cf 
  {Celery}.]  (Bot.) 
  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.  --Shak. 
 
  {Fool's  parsley}.  See  under  {Fool}. 
 
  {Hedge  parsley},  {Milk  parsley},  {Stone  parsley},  names  given 
  to  various  weeds  of  similar  appearance  to  the  parsley. 
 
  {Parsley  fern}  (Bot.),  a  small  fern  with  leaves  resembling 
  parsley  ({Cryptogramme  crispa}). 
 
  {Parsley  piert}  (Bot.),  a  small  herb  ({Alchemilla  arvensis}) 
  formerly  used  as  a  remedy  for  calculus. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parsley 
  n  1:  annual  or  perennial  herb  with  aromatic  finely-cut  leaves 
  [syn:  {Petroselinum  crispum}] 
  2:  aromatic  herb  with  flat  or  curly  leaves 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Parsley 
 
  A  {Pascal}  extension  for  construction  of  {parse  tree}s,  by 
  Barber  of  {Summit  Software}.  It  features  {Iterator}s. 
 
  ["PARSLEY:  A  New  Compiler-Compiler",  in  Software  Development 
  Tools,  Techniques  and  Alternatives,  Arlington  VA  Jul  1983, 
  pp.232-241]. 
 
  (1995-02-22) 
 
 




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