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    PARSNIP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Whitish edible root; eaten cookedplay

    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 rootplay

    Synonyms:

    parsnip; Pastinaca sativa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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 parsnipplay

    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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