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parsnip Definition

pars·nip (pärsnip′)

noun

  1. a biennial plant (Pastinaca sativa) of the umbel family, with yellow flowers and a long, thick, sweet, white root used as a vegetable
  2. its root

Etymology: ME pasnepe, altered (infl. by nepe, turnip) < OFr pasnaie < L pastinaca < pastinare, to dig up < pastinum, two-forked dibble

parsnip Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • peel: Using a channeling knife, carefully remove a long thin lace from around a peeled parsnip.
  • roast: Serve with the roasted parsnips and onions, any remaining glaze and a fresh green salad.
  • add: To boil, bring a pan of water to the boil and add the prepared parsnips.
  • sow: You'll also read about sowing parsnips in February.
  • grow: The problem with growing parsnips is that they have a very long growing season.
  • cut: Cooking Cut the parsnips into chunks and cook them in boiling water until easily penetrated with a kitchen knife ( about 20 minutes ).

Adjective modifier

  • wild: Wherever the soil is dry and chalky the wild parsnip may be found.
  • large: Larger parsnips may have a woody core which should be removed.
  • small: Small parsnips in light soil can be pulled up once the soil around them has been loosened with a fork.
  • few: Whilst frying a batch of potatoes, William found a few loose parsnips in the bottom of the crate.
  • great: Greater water parsnip, once common in Lincolnshire but now almost extinct, has been planted in the new wetland area.

Modifies a noun

  • puree: Mix the parsnip purée with the apple, add 1 tablespoon organic sunflower oil.
  • mash: Both went well with a robust Madeira sauce and parsnip mash.
  • soup: My partner, Marc, had the parsnip soup which didn't quite live up to its mouth watering description.
  • seed: Dwarf beans have been put in, also four plots of parsnip seeds have been sown.
  • chip: L Griffiths, Aberdare I have just eaten my second packet of your parsnip chips.
  • puree: Then layer the rest of the parsnip puree and apples on top.

Noun used with modifier

  • roast: Roast parsnip soup with chive & Parmesan cream A very simple soup which is a winter classic.
  • water: Greater water parsnip, once common in Lincolnshire but now almost extinct, has been planted in the new wetland area.
  • cow: The cow parsnip Is one of the most common. growing by roadsides and on waste ground everywhere and flowering from June until late autumn.
parsnip Quotes

The play left a taste of lukewarm parsnip juice.

—Woollcott, Alexander Humphreys

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