different between parsley vs chervil

English

Etymology

From Middle English persely, from Old French peresil, from Latin petrosel?num, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (petrosél?non, “parsley”), from ?????? (pétros, “rock, stone”) + ??????? (sél?non, “celery”). Displaced Old English petersili?e, which goes back to the same root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??(?)sli/

Noun

parsley (usually uncountable, plural parsleys)

1. (countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
2. (uncountable) The leaves of this plant used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Players, parleys, players, prelays, replays, sparely

English

Etymology

From Middle English chervell, from Old English cerfelle, from Anglo-Norman chervele (compare Jèrriais chèrfi), from Latin chaerephylla, plural of chaerephyllum, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (khairéphullon)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t???(?)v?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)v?l

Noun

chervil (countable and uncountable, plural chervils)

1. (countable) A leafy herb, Anthriscus cerefolium, resembling parsley.
2. (uncountable) leaves from the plant, used as an herb in cooking, which have a mild flavor of anise.

Synonyms

• (plant): garden chervil, French parsley
• (leaves of herb): gourmet's parsley

Derived terms

• sea chervil (Alcyonidium diaphanum)
• turnip rooted chervil (Chaerophyllum bulbosum)
• bur chervil (Anthriscus caucalis)
• wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris)

Translations

References

• chervil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• chilver