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pars·nip
(pär′snĭp)n.
1. A plant (Pastinaca sativa) in the parsley family, native to Eurasia, cultivated for its long, white, edible, fleshy root.
2. The root of this plant.
[Middle English pasnepe, alteration (influenced by nep, turnip) of Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastināca, from pastinum, a kind of two-pronged dibble.]
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parsnip
(ˈpɑːsnɪp)n
1. (Plants) a strong-scented umbelliferous plant, Pastinaca sativa, cultivated for its long whitish root
2. (Cookery) the root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
3. (Plants) any of several similar plants, esp the cow parsnip
[C14: from Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastināca, from pastināre to dig, from pastinum two-pronged tool for digging; also influenced by Middle English nepe turnip]
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pars•nip
(ˈpɑr snɪp)n.
1. a plant, Pastinacasativa, of the parsley family, cultivated varieties of which have a large white edible root.
2. the root of this plant.
[1350–1400; earlier pars(e)nep, pass(e)nep, Middle English pas(t)nep(e) < Latin past(ināca) parsnip + Middle English nep turnip; see turnip]
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| Noun | 1. |  parsnip - the whitish root of cultivated parsnipcultivated parsnip - European biennial having a long fusiform root that has been made palatable through cultivation root - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground |
| 2. |  parsnip - a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible rootherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Pastinaca, Pastinaca - a rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae; includes parsnips cultivated parsnip - European biennial having a long fusiform root that has been made palatable through cultivation madnep, wild parsnip - biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip | |
| 3. | parsnip - whitish edible root; eaten cooked root vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers cultivated parsnip - European biennial having a long fusiform root that has been made palatable through cultivation |
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Translations
الجَذِرجَزَرٌ أبْيَضٌجَزَر أبْيَض
pastinák
pastinak
palsternakka
pastrnak
paszternákpasztinákfehérrépa
næpa
パースニップ
파스닙
pastarnokas
pastinaks
paštrnák
palsternacka
หัวผักกาด
yabani havuçyabanî havuç
củ cải
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parsnip
(ˈpaːsnip) noun1. a plant with a yellowish-white root used as a vegetable.
2. the root.
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parsnip
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