[ˈpɑːsnɪp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long tapering cream-coloured root vegetable with a sweet flavour
(e.g: roasted parsnips)

- the Eurasian plant of the parsley family which yields parsnips


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastinaca (related to pastinare ‘dig and trench the ground’). The change in the ending was due to association with neep