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Parsnip
//ˈpɑɹ.snɪp// noun
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Noun
- 1 A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.
- 2 Acronym of politics, alcohol, religion, sex, narcotics, isms, pork (“a set of topics that may be controversial in a classroom setting”). abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
- 3 whitish edible root; eaten cooked wordnet
- 4 The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.
- 5 a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root wordnet
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- 6 the whitish root of cultivated parsnip wordnet
Etymology
From 16th-century parsnepe, from Middle English passenep, a modification of Old French pasnaie by influence of Middle English nepe (“turnip”), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”), from pastinum (“two-pronged fork”) as in pastināre (“to dig up the ground”).
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