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Parsnip

noun
1.
The whitish root of cultivated parsnip.
2.
A strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root.  Synonym: Pastinaca sativa.
3.
Whitish edible root; eaten cooked.



Related searches:
cow parsnip
cultivated parsnip
greater water parsnip
water parsnip
wild parsnip


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"Parsnip" Quotes from Famous Books



... know the messur o' ivrybody's heead but us own; we can tell when a cap fits them directly, but we con niver tell when ther's one 'at just fits us. Miss Parsnip said last Sunday, when shoo'd been to th' chapel, "at shoo wondered ha Mrs. Cauliflaar could fashion to hold her heead up, for shoo niver heeard a praicher hit onybody harder in all her life," An' Mrs. Cauliflaar tell'd me "'at if shoo wor Miss Parsnip ...
— Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series - To which is added The Cream of Wit and Humour - from his Popular Writings • John Hartley


Words linked to "Parsnip" :   root vegetable, herbaceous plant, root, Pastinaca, herb, genus Pastinaca, madnep


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