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| pars·nip [ prssnip ] (plural pars·nips) |
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1. root vegetable: a long tapering cream-colored root eaten cooked as a vegetable
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2. plant of carrot family: a plant of the carrot family that produces parsnips. Latin name Pastinaca sativa.
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| [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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