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parsnip

pars·nip [ prssnip ] (plural pars·nips)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. root vegetable: a long tapering cream-colored root eaten cooked as a vegetable

2. plant of carrot family: a plant of the carrot family that produces parsnips. Latin name Pastinaca sativa.

[14th century. Alteration (influenced by Scottish and N English neep "turnip") of Old French pasnaie< Latin pastinaca< pastinum "gardening fork"; probably from its shape]
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