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celeriac

A variety of celery (Apium graveolens, variety rapaceum), also called turnip-rooted celery, with a tuberous base to the stems, cooked as a vegetable or used in salads. (Family: Umbelliferae.)

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Apium
Species: A. graveolens
Cultivar Group

Apium graveolens Rapaceum Group

Celeriac (Apium graveolens Rapaceum Group) (also known as 'turnip-rooted celery' or 'knob celery'), is a specially selected Cultivar Group of celery, grown as a root vegetable for its large and well-developed taproot rather than for its stem and leaves.

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