parsnip : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: parsnip	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for parsnip
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parsnip n the whitish root of cultivated parsnip a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root Synonym(s): parsnip, Pastinaca sativa whitish edible root; eaten cooked
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parsnip \Pars"nip\, n. [OE. parsnepe, from a French form, fr. L. pastinaca; cf. pastinare to dig up, pastinum a kind of dibble; cf. OF. pastenade, pastenaque.] (Bot.) The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself. {Cow parsnip}. See {Cow parsnip}. {Meadow parsnip}, the European cow parsnip. {Poison parsnip}, the wild stock of the parsnip. {Water parsnip}, any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Sium}, the species of which are poisonous.