parsley
- noun
- B1
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A green plant with small flat or curly leaves that cooks cut up and add to food for taste and colour.
Flat-leaf parsley tastes stronger than the curly kind.
He put a few leaves of parsley on the edge of the plate.
The soup needs a bunch of parsley and one bay leaf.
She bought fresh parsley at the market instead of the dried one.
Common collocations: chopped parsley · fresh parsley · a bunch of parsley · flat-leaf parsley · curly parsley · sprig of parsley
Part of: Vegetables, Cooking, Plants, The garden