A parsnip

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• Parsnip River — Parsnip RiverVorlage:Infobox Fluss/GKZ fehlt Lage British Columbia (Kanada) Flusssystem Mackenzie River Abfluss über Williston Lake → …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Parsnip — Pars nip (p[aum]rs n[i^]p), n. [OE. parsnepe, from a French form, fr. L. pastinaca; cf. pastinare to dig up, pastinum a kind of dibble; cf. OF. pastenade, pastenaque.] (Bot.) The aromatic and edible spindle shaped root of the cultivated form of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• parsnip — (n.) 16c., parsnepe, corruption (by influence of Middle English nepe turnip ) of M.E. passenep (late 14c.), from O.Fr. pasnaie, from L. pastinaca parsnip, carrot, from pastinum two pronged fork (related to pastinare to dig up the ground ) so… …   Etymology dictionary

• parsnip — ► NOUN ▪ the long tapering cream coloured root of a plant of the parsley family, eaten as a vegetable. ORIGIN Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastinaca; the change in ending was influenced by NEEP(Cf. ↑N) …   English terms dictionary

• parsnip — [pärs′nip΄] n. [ME pasnepe, altered (infl. by nepe, turnip) < OFr pasnaie < L pastinaca < pastinare, to dig up < pastinum, two forked dibble] 1. a biennial plant (Pastinaca sativa) of the umbel family, with yellow flowers and a long,… …   English World dictionary

• Parsnip — Taxobox name = Parsnip image width = 250px image caption = A selection of parsnips regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Apiales familia = Apiaceae genus = Pastinaca species = P. sativa binomial = Pastinaca… …   Wikipedia

• Parsnip River — The Parsnip River is a 240 km long river in central British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally north westward from the Parsnip Glacier in the Hart Ranges to Williston Lake, formed by the impounding of the waters of the Peace River by the W.A.C …   Wikipedia

• parsnip — /pahr snip/, n. 1. a plant, Pastinaca sativa, cultivated varieties of which have a large, whitish, edible root. 2. the root of this plant. [1350 1400; earlier pars(e)nep, pass(e)nep, ME pas(t)nep(e) < L past(inaca) parsnip ( …   Universalium

• parsnip — UK [ˈpɑː(r)snɪp] / US [ˈpɑrsnɪp] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms parsnip : singular parsnip plural parsnips a long white hard vegetable that grows under the ground …   English dictionary

• parsnip — noun a) A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot. b) The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable …   Wiktionary

• parsnip — pars|nip [ parsnıp ] noun count or uncount a long white hard vegetable that grows under the ground …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English