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PASTINACA SATIVA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root
Synonyms:
parsnip; Pastinaca sativa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pastinaca sativa" 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 "Pastinaca sativa"):
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 ("Pastinaca sativa" is a member of...):
genus Pastinaca; Pastinaca (a rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae; includes parsnips)
