Parsley

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Garnish \Gar"nish\, n.
     1. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament;
        also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or
        decorated.
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              So are you, sweet,
              Even in the lovely garnish of a boy.  --Shak.
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              Matter and figure they produce;
              For garnish this, and that for use.   --Prior.
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     2. (Cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an
        embellishment, such as {parsley}. See {Garnish}, v. t., 2.
        --Smart.
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     3. Fetters. [Cant]
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     4. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an
        unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a
        newcomer. [Cant] --Fielding.
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     {Garnish bolt} (Carp.), a bolt with a chamfered or faceted
        head. --Knight.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parsley \Pars"ley\ (p[aum]rs"l[y^]), n. [OE. persely, persil, F.
     persil, L. petroselinum rock parsley, Gr. petrose`linon;
     pe`tros stone + se`linon parsley. Cf. {Celery}.] (Bot.)
     An aromatic umbelliferous herb ({Carum Petroselinum}), having
     finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a
     garnish.
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           As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a
           rabbit.                                  --Shak.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apiaceae \Apiaceae\ prop. n.
     A natural family of plants bearing flowers in umbels;
     examples are: {parsley}; {carrot}; {anise}; {caraway};
     {celery}; {dill}.
  
     Syn: Umbelliferae, family {Umbelliferae}, family {Apiaceae},
          carrot family
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 (27 SEP 03) [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)