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Aethusa Cynapium
(gcide) | Fool \Fool\, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad;
a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated
ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. Folly, Follicle.]
1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of
understanding; an idiot; a natural.
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2. A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or
pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one
without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.
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Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. --Milton.
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Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn
in no other. --Franklin.
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3. (Script.) One who acts contrary to moral and religious
wisdom; a wicked person.
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The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
--Ps. xiv. 1.
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4. One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or
buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed
fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.
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Can they think me . . . their fool or jester?
--Milton.
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April fool, Court fool, etc. See under April, Court,
etc.
Fool's cap, a cap or hood to which bells were usually
attached, formerly worn by professional jesters.
Fool's errand, an unreasonable, silly, profitless adventure
or undertaking.
Fool's gold, iron or copper pyrites, resembling gold in
color.
Fool's paradise, a name applied to a limbo (see under
Limbo) popularly believed to be the region of vanity and
nonsense. Hence, any foolish pleasure or condition of vain
self-satistaction.
Fool's parsley (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
(Aethusa Cynapium) resembling parsley, but nauseous and
poisonous.
To make a fool of, to render ridiculous; to outwit; to
shame. [Colloq.]
To play the fool, to act foolishly; to act the buffoon; to
act a foolish part. "I have played the fool, and have
erred exceedingly." --1 Sam. xxvi. 21.
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Apium graveolens
(gcide) | Smallage \Small"age\, n. [Small + F. ache smallage. See Ach
parsley.] (Bot.)
A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of
the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid
and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes
celery.
[1913 Webster]Celery \Cel"er*y\, n. [F. c['e]leri, cf. Prov. It. seleno,
seler; fr. Gr. ? parsley, in Lgr. & NGr. celery. Cf.
Parsley.] (Bot.)
A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which
the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.
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aethusa cynapium
(wn) | Aethusa cynapium
n 1: European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley
but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten [syn: {fool's
parsley}, lesser hemlock, Aethusa cynapium] |
apium graveolens
(wn) | Apium graveolens
n 1: herb of Europe and temperate Asia [syn: wild celery,
Apium graveolens] |
apium graveolens dulce
(wn) | Apium graveolens dulce
n 1: widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are
eaten raw or cooked [syn: celery, cultivated celery,
Apium graveolens dulce] |
apium graveolens rapaceum
(wn) | Apium graveolens rapaceum
n 1: grown for its thickened edible aromatic root [syn:
celeriac, celery root, knob celery, root celery,
turnip-rooted celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum] |
genus apium
(wn) | genus Apium
n 1: celery [syn: Apium, genus Apium] |
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