parsley

parsley

/ˈpɑːsli/

a plant with curly green leaves that are used in cooking as a herb and to decorate food

fish with parsley sauce

The eggs are sprinkled with coarsely chopped parsley.

Collocations

adjective

… of parsley

verb + parsley

Word Origin

Old English petersilie, via late Latin based on Greek petroselinon, from petra ‘rock’ + selinon ‘parsley’, influenced in Middle English by Old French peresil, of the same origin.