parsnip
English
Parsnip roots
Etymology
From 16th-century parsnepe, from Middle English passenep, corruption of a borrowing of Old French pasnaie (Modern panais) by influence of nepe (“turnip”), from Latin pastinaca (“parsnip, carrot”), from pastinum (“two-pronged fork”); related to pastinare (“to dig up the ground”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑː(ɹ).snɪp/
Noun
parsnip (plural parsnips)
- A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.
- The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.
Derived terms
- cow parsnip
- fine words butter no parsnips
- giant cow parsnip
- meadow parsnip
- poison parsnip
- water parsnip
- wild parsnip
Descendants
- → Japanese: パースニップ (pāsunippu)
- → Maori: pānipi
Translations
the plant Pastinaca sativa
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the edible root of Pastinaca sativa
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References
- “parsnip” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
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