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 Definitions of parsnip  [ˈpɑr snɪp]  

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Definition of 'parsnip' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) parsnip
a plant, Pastinacasativa, of the parsley family, cultivated varieties of which have a large white edible root.

2.  parsnip
the root of this plant.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; earlier pars(e)nep, pass(e)nep, ME pas(t)nep(e) < L past(ināca) parsnip + ME nep turnip; see turnip)

Definition of 'parsnip' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) parsnip
the whitish root of cultivated parsnip

2. (noun) parsnip, Pastinaca sativa
a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root

3. (noun) parsnip
whitish edible root; eaten cooked


Definition of 'parsnip' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) parsnip
the aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself


Translation of 'parsnip' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a plant with a yellowish-white root used as a vegetable.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: witwortel Arabic flag Arabic: جَزَر أبْيَض Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пащърнак
Brazilian flag Brazilian: chirivia Czech flag Czech: pastinák German flag German: der Pastinaker
Danish flag Danish: pastinak Greek flag Greek: παστινάκη (είδος λαχανικο Spanish flag Spanish: chirivía
Estonian flag Estonian: pastinaak Farsi flag Farsi: زردک Finnish flag Finnish: palsternakka
French flag French: panais Hebrew flag Hebrew: גזר לבן Hindi flag Hindi: चुकंदर, गर्जरिका
Croatian flag Croatian: pastrnak Hungarian flag Hungarian: paszternák Indonesian flag Indonesian: semacam wortel
Icelandic flag Icelandic: næpa Italian flag Italian: pastinaca Japanese flag Japanese: アメリカぼうふう
Korean flag Korean: 파스닙 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pastarnokas Latvian flag Latvian: pastinaks
Malay flag Malay: parsnip Dutch flag Dutch: pastinaak Norwegian flag Norwegian: pastinakk
Polish flag Polish: pasternak Persian flag Persian: زردک Pashto flag Pashto: سارانۍ ګازره ( زردكه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pastinaga Romanian flag Romanian: păstârnac Russian flag Russian: пастернак
Slovak flag Slovak: paštrnák Slovenian flag Slovenian: pastinak Serbian flag Serbian: paštrnak
Swedish flag Swedish: palsternacka Thai flag Thai: พืชจำพวกหัวไชเท้า Turkish flag Turkish: yabanî havuç
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 歐洲防風草 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пастернак Urdu flag Urdu: ايک قسم کي گاجر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cây củ cải vàng Chinese flag Chinese: 欧洲防风草

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