wild celery

noun

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The most common food for these divers is fingernail clams, aquatic insects, crustaceans, and a variety of vegetation like wild celery, eelgrass, and salicornia. M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 8 Feb. 2024 Canvasback Duck Habitat While canvasbacks are omnivorous, their diet primarily consists of vegetative material, namely wild celery. M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023

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First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wild celery was in 1791

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“Wild celery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20celery. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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