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PARSNIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root
Synonyms:
parsnip; Pastinaca sativa
Classified under:
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:
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)
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