celery root

1. 1.

   grown for its thickened edible aromatic root

   Synonymsceleriacknob celeryroot celeryturnip-rooted celeryApium graveolens rapaceum

   Broaderherb

   Partsceleriac
2. 2.

   thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant

   Synonymsceleriac

   Broaderroot vegetable

   Part ofceleriac

Questions about celery root

What does celery root mean?

celery root means "grown for its thickened edible aromatic root". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for celery root?

Close synonyms include celeriac, knob celery, root celery, turnip-rooted celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is celery root a common word?

celery root is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.