Parsnip
Parsnip (pars"nip) , noun
[Old English parsnepe, from a French form, from Latin pastinaca; compare pastinare to dig up, pastinum a kind of dibble; compare Old French pastenade, pastenaque.]
(Botany) 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.
Collocations (4)
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.