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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parsnip \Pars"nip\, 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 Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant
which is very poisonous in its wild state; also the plant
itself
{Cow parsnip}. See {Cow parsnip}.
{Meadow parsnip}, the European cow parsnip.
{Poison parsnip}, the wild stock of the parsnip.
{Water parsnip}, any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Sium},
the species of which are poisonous.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
parsnip
n 1: the whitish root of cultivated parsnip
2: a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root [syn:
{Pastinaca sativa}]
3: whitish edible root; eaten cooked
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