ProbableNamed from the place
Hamburg parsley
noun · first attested 18th century
The parsley you eat from the bottom, named for the port that shipped the seed.
A variety of parsley grown for its thick white taproot, which is cooked like a parsnip.
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- Named from the place
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- ProbableThe conventional story is likely, with caveats.
- Attested
- 18th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Hamburg parsley
English gardeners took the plant up in the eighteenth century and named it for Hamburg, the northern German port through which German seed and produce reached them. It is the same species as the leaf parsley on your plate, simply selected for the root instead.
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