parsnips

n. European vegetable resembling a white carrot

The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable related to the carrot. Parsnips resemble carrots, but are paler and have a stronger flavor. Like carrots, parsnips are native to Eurasia and have been eaten there since ancient times. Zohary and Hopf note that the archeological evidence for the cultivation of the parsnip is "still rather limited", and that Greek and Roman literary sources are a major source about its early use, but warn "there are some difficulties in distinguishing between parsnip and carrot in classical writings since both vegetables seem to have been sometimes called pastinaca yet each vegetable appears to be well under cultivation in Roman times."
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Noun
1. the whitish root of cultivated parsnip
(hypernym) root
(part-holonym) cultivated parsnip
2. a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root
(synonym) Pastinaca sativa
(hypernym) herb, herbaceous plant
(hyponym) cultivated parsnip
(member-holonym) Pastinaca, genus Pastinaca
3. whitish edible root; eaten cooked
(hypernym) root vegetable
(part-holonym) cultivated parsnip

To see or eat parsnips, is a favorable omen of successful business or trade, but love will take on unfavorable and gloomy aspects.
  

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