(n)Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves
n. [ F. céleri, cf. Prov. It. seleno, seler; fr. Gr. &unr_; parsley, in Lgr. & NGr. celery. Cf. Parsley. ] (Bot.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad. [ 1913 Webster ]