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Noun: stone parsley  stown paa(r)s-lee
  1. Any plant of the genus Seseli having dense umbels of small white or pink flowers and finely divided foliage
    "The stone parsley's delicate flowers swayed in the breeze";
    - moon carrot
     
  2. A slender roadside herb of western Europe and Mediterranean areas that has foliage resembling parsley and has white flowers with aromatic seeds
    "Stone parsley grows wild along the Mediterranean coast";
    - Sison amomum

Derived forms: stone parsleys

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Seseli, genus Sison, Seseli, Sison

Encyclopedia: Stone parsley