parent_taxon selineae
___MASK28___ (" Apium graveolens "), a marshland ___MASK33___ in the family ___MASK41___ , has been cultivated as a vegetable since antiquity . ___MASK28___ has a long fibrous stalk tapering into leaves . Depending on location and cultivar , either its stalks , leaves , or hypocotyl are eaten and used in cooking . Parsley or garden parsley ( ___MASK46___ crispum ) is a species of " ___MASK46___ " in the family ___MASK41___ , native to the central Mediterranean region ( southern Italy , Greece , Algeria , and Tunisia ), naturalized elsewhere in Europe , and widely cultivated as a herb , a spice , and a vegetable . Selineae is the ___MASK100___ or Arracacia clade or tribe of the family ___MASK41___ . It includes the following genera : Aethusa Aletes ___MASK100___ Arracacia Carlesia Chamaele Chymsydia Cnidiocarpa Cnidium Coaxana Coelopleurum Cortia Cortiella Coulterophytum Cymopterus Czernaevia Dahliaphyllum Dasispermum Demavendia Donnellsmithia Dystaenia Enantiophylla Endressia Exoacantha Glehnia Harbouria Haussknechtia Holandrea Imperatoria Johreniopsis Karatavia Libanotis Ligusticum Lomatium Mathiasella Meum Musineon Myrrhidendron Neoparrya Oreonana Oreoxis Orogenia Paraligusticum Peucedanum Phlojodicarpus Podistera Polytaenia Prionosciadium Pseudocymopterus Pteroselinum Pteryxia Rhodosciadium Saposhnikovia Selinum Seseli Shoshonea Spermolepis Sphenosciadium Stenosemis Taenidia Tauschia Thaspium Thysselinum Tommasinia Xanthoselinum Zeravschania Zizia A clade ( from , " klados ", " branch ") is a group of organisms that consists of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants , and represents a single " branch " on the " tree of life ". Caraway , also known as meridian fennel , and Persian cumin , (" ___MASK37___ carvi ") is a biennial plant in the family ___MASK41___ , native to western Asia , Europe , and North Africa . ___MASK13___ asiatica , commonly known as ___MASK13___ , is a small , herbaceous , frost - tender perennial ___MASK33___ of the family Mackinlayaceae or subfamily Mackinlayoideae of family ___MASK41___ , and is native to wetlands in Asia . It is used as a medicinal herb in Ayurvedic medicine , traditional African medicine , and traditional Chinese medicine . It is also known as the Asiatic pennywort or Indian pennywort in English , among various other names in other languages . Cicely or sweet cicely ( ___MASK22___ odorata ) is a herbaceous perennial ___MASK33___ belonging to the celery family ___MASK41___ . It is one of two accepted species in the genus ___MASK22___ . Ants are eusocial ___MASK11___ of the family Formicidae and , along with the related wasps and bees , belong to the order Hymenoptera . Ants evolved from wasp - like ancestors in the Cretaceous period , about 99 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants . More than 12 , 500 of an estimated total of 22 , 000 species have been classified . They are easily identified by their elbowed antennae and the distinctive node - like structure that forms their slender waists . In biology , an organism is any contiguous living system , such as an ___MASK84___ , ___MASK33___ , fungus , archaeon , or bacterium . All known types of organisms are capable of some degree of response to stimuli , reproduction , growth and development and homeostasis . An organism consists of one or more cells ; when it has one cell it is known as a unicellular organism ; and when it has more than one it is known as a multicellular organism . Most unicellular organisms are of microscopic scale and are thus loosely described as microorganisms . Humans are multicellular organisms composed of many trillions of cells grouped into specialized tissues and organs . Asafoetida is the dried latex ( gum oleoresin ) exuded from the rhizome or tap root of several species of " ___MASK17___ ", a perennial herb that grows tall . The species is native to the deserts of Iran and mountains of Afghanistan and is mainly cultivated in nearby India . As its name suggests , asafoetida has a fetid smell , but in cooked dishes , it delivers a smooth flavour reminiscent of leeks . ___MASK38___ ( including ___MASK28___ and the marshworts ) is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family ___MASK41___ , with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Europe , Asia , Africa , South America and Australia . They are medium to tall biennials or perennials growing up to 1 m high in the wet soil of marshes and salt marshes , and have pinnate to bipinnate leaves and small white flowers in compound umbels . Some species are edible , notably " ___MASK38___ graveolens ", which includes the commercially important vegetables ___MASK28___ , celeriac and Chinese ___MASK28___ . " ___MASK38___ bermejoi " from the island of Minorca is one of the rarest plants in Europe , with fewer than 100 individuals left . Anise ('), also called aniseed "', is a flowering ___MASK33___ in the family ___MASK41___ native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia . Its flavor has similarities with some other spices , such as star anise , fennel , and licorice . The parsnip (" ___MASK43___ sativa ") is a root vegetable closely related to the carrot and parsley . It is a biennial ___MASK33___ usually grown as an annual . Its long , tuberous root has cream - colored skin and flesh ; and left in the ground to mature , it becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts . In its first growing season , the ___MASK33___ has a rosette of pinnate , mid - green leaves . If unharvested , it produces its flowering stem , topped by an umbel of small yellow flowers , in its second growing season . By this time , the stem is woody and the tuber is inedible . The seeds are pale brown , flat , and winged . ___MASK30___ ( also known as silphion , laserwort , or laser ) was a plant that was used in classical antiquity as a seasoning and as a medicine . It was the essential item of trade from the ancient North African city of Cyrene , and was so critical to the Cyrenian economy that most of their coins bore a picture of the plant . The valuable product was the plant ' s resin (" laser ", laserpicium , or lasarpicium ). Fennel (" ___MASK18___ vulgare ") is a flowering ___MASK33___ species in the carrot family . It is a hardy , perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves . It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalized in many parts of the world , especially on dry soils near the sea - coast and on riverbanks . ___MASK41___ or Umbelliferae , is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants commonly known as the celery , carrot or parsley family . The family , which is named after the type genus " Apium ", is large , with more than 3 , 700 species spread across 434 genera ; it is the 16th - largest family of flowering plants . Included in this family are the well - known plants : angelica , anise , arracacha , asafoetida , caraway , carrot , celery , " Centella asiatica ", chervil , cicely , coriander ( cilantro ), culantro , cumin , dill , fennel , hemlock , lovage , cow parsley , parsley , parsnip , cow parsnip , sea holly , giant hogweed and silphium ( a plant whose identity is unclear and which may be extinct ). Coriander ( or ; " ___MASK71___ sativum "), also known as cilantro or Chinese parsley , is an annual herb in the family ___MASK41___ . All parts of the plant are edible , but the fresh leaves and the dried seeds are the parts most traditionally used in cooking . ___MASK100___ is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family ___MASK41___ , native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere , reaching as far north as Iceland and Lapland and Greenland . They grow to tall , with large bipinnate leaves and large compound umbels of white or greenish - white flowers . Dill (" ___MASK93___ graveolens ") is an annual herb in the celery family ___MASK41___ . The carrot (" ___MASK72___ carota " subsp . " sativus ") is a root vegetable , usually orange in colour , though purple , black , red , white , and yellow varieties exist . Carrots are a domesticated form of the wild carrot , " ___MASK72___ carota ", native to Europe and southwestern Asia . The ___MASK33___ probably originated in Persia and originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds . The most commonly eaten part of the ___MASK33___ is the taproot , although the greens are sometimes eaten as well . The domestic carrot has been selectively bred for its greatly enlarged , more palatable , less woody - textured taproot . Lovage , ___MASK1___ officinale , is a tall perennial plant , the sole species in the genus ___MASK1___ in the family ___MASK41___ , subfamily ___MASK69___ , tribe Apieae . The flowering plants ( ___MASK6___ ), also known as ___MASK68___ or ___MASK55___ , are the most diverse group of land plants , with 416 families , approx . 13 , 164 known genera and a total of c . 295 , 383 known species . Like gymnosperms , ___MASK6___ are seed - producing plants ; they are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers , endosperm within the seeds , and the production of fruits that contain the seeds . Etymologically , angiosperm means a plant that produces seeds within an enclosure , in other words , a fruiting plant . The term " angiosperm " comes from the Greek composite word (" angeion ", " case " or " casing ", and " sperma ", " seed ") meaning " enclosed seeds ", after the enclosed condition of the seeds . Chervil ( ___MASK15___ cerefolium ), sometimes called garden chervil to distinguish it from similar plants also called chervil , or French parsley , is a delicate annual herb related to parsley . It is commonly used to season mild - flavoured dishes and is a constituent of the French herb mixture fines herbes .