parsnip
parsnip
Definition
pars·nip (pärs′nip′)
noun
- a biennial plant (Pastinaca sativa) of the umbel family, with yellow flowers and a long, thick, sweet, white root used as a vegetable
- 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.
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