parsnip

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.
  2. The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.

Sinonieme

Pastinaca sativa

cultivated parsnip

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈpɑɹ.snɪp/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

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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