parsley

Meaning

Noun

• A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
• The leaves of this plant used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.

Origin

• From Middle English persely, from Old French peresil, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον ("parsley"), from πέτρος + σέλῑνον. Displaced Old English petersiliġe, which goes back to the same root.