PARSNIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parsnip mean? 

• PARSNIP (noun)
  The noun PARSNIP has 3 senses:

1. the whitish root of cultivated parsnip

2. a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root

3. whitish edible root; eaten cooked

  Familiarity information: PARSNIP used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARSNIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The whitish root of cultivated parsnip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("parsnip" is a kind of...):

root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

Holonyms ("parsnip" is a part of...):

cultivated parsnip (European biennial having a long fusiform root that has been made palatable through cultivation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

parsnip; Pastinaca sativa

Hypernyms ("parsnip" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "parsnip"):

cultivated parsnip (European biennial having a long fusiform root that has been made palatable through cultivation)

madnep; wild parsnip (biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip)

Holonyms ("parsnip" is a member of...):

genus Pastinaca; Pastinaca (a rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae; includes parsnips)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Whitish edible root; eaten cooked

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("parsnip" is a kind of...):

root vegetable (any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers)

Holonyms ("parsnip" is a part of...):

cultivated parsnip (European biennial having a long fusiform root that has been made palatable through cultivation)

 Context examples 

They must not over-salt the leg; and then, if it is not over-salted, and if it is very thoroughly boiled, just as Serle boils ours, and eaten very moderately of, with a boiled turnip, and a little carrot or parsnip, I do not consider it unwholesome.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)