Lexic.us

Definition of Genus petroselinum

1. Noun. Parsley.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Petroselinum

Literary usage of Genus petroselinum

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The genus is variously defined and understood. C. Petroselinum, the parsley, is here kept under the genus Petroselinum. ..."

2. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1847)
"small, and it is by no means with confidence that I now refer this dubious plant to the genus Petroselinum, where it will stand next to the P. trifoliatum ..."

3. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1847)
"small, and it is by no means with confidence that I now refer this dubious plant to the genus Petroselinum, where it will stand next to the P. trifoliatum ..."

4. Flora scotica, or, A description of Scottish plants, arranged both according by William Jackson Hooker (1821)
"... general involucre and minute partial ones, and Hoffman has made of it the genus Petroselinum. 69. ..."

5. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1858)
"A plant of the genus Petroselinum, the leaves of which are used in cookery, and the root is an aperient medicine. ( Webs.) There be divers sorts, ..."

6. The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, in the by Shuttleworth family, John Harland (1858)
"A plant of the genus Petroselinum, the leaves of which are used in cookery, and the root is an aperient medicine. ( Webs.) There be divers sorts, ..."

7. Gardening for the South: Or, The Kitchen and Fruit Garden: with the Best by William N. White (1857)
"They have recently been placed in the genus Petroselinum. Apmm Graveolens—CELERY. Celery is a biennial plant, a native of Britain, where the wild variety, ..."

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