parsnip

English

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Etymology

16th century parsnepe, corruption of Middle English passenep by influence of nepe (“turnip”), from Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastinaca (“parsnip, carrot”), from pastinum (“two-pronged fork”); related to pastinare (“to dig up the ground”).

Noun

Parsnip roots

parsnip (plural parsnips)

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

Translations

the plant Pastinaca sativa

Armenian: վայրի գազար (hy) (vayri gazar) Chinese: Mandarin: 歐防風 (cmn), 欧防风 (cmn) (Ōufángfēng) Czech: pastinák (cs) m., pastinák setý (cs) m. Danish: pastinak (da) c. Dutch: pastinaak (nl) f. Esperanto: pastinako (eo) Finnish: palsternakka (fi) French: panais (fr) m. German: Pastinak (de) m.

Hungarian: pasztinák (hu) Italian: pastinaca (it) f. Japanese: パースニップ (ja) (pāsunippu) Macedonian: пашканат (mk) (páškanat) m. Polish: pasternak (pl) m. Romanian: păstârnac (ro) m. Russian: пастернак (ru) (pastɛrnák) m. Spanish: chirivía (es) f. Swedish: palsternacka (sv) c. Telugu: please add this translation if you can

the edible root of Pastinaca sativa

Armenian: վայրի գազար (hy) (vayri gazar) Chinese: Mandarin: 歐防風 (cmn), 欧防风 (cmn) (Ōufángfēng) Dutch: pastinaak (nl) f. Finnish: palsternakka (fi) French: panais (fr) m. German: Pastinakwurzel f.

Hungarian: pasztinák (hu), paszternák (hu) Italian: pastinaca (it) f. Macedonian: пашканат (mk) (páškanat) m. Polish: pasternak (pl) m. Romanian: păstârnac (ro) m. Swedish: palsternacka (sv) c.

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Maltese: zunnarija

Derived terms

• fine words butter no parsnips