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Definitions: Parsnip |
ParsnipNoun1. The whitish root of cultivated parsnip. 2. A strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root. 3. Whitish edible root; eaten cooked. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "parsnip" was first used: 1373. (references) |
Etymology: Parsnip \Pars"nip\, noun. [from Old English expression parsnepe, from French form, from the Latin expression pastinaca; compare to pastinare to dig up, pastinum kind of dibble; compare to Old French pastenade, pastenaque.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Food & Agriculture | A cold-weather root vegetable related to carrots. In fact, they look like ivory-colored carrots, but parsnips have a mild celery-like fragrance and a sweet, nutty flavor. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: ParsnipSynonym: Pastinaca sativa (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Parsnip |
| English words defined with "parsnip": Bear's-breech ♦ Commissure, Cow parsnip, Cremocarp, cultivated parsnip ♦ greater water parsnip ♦ Hamburg parsley ♦ Kecksy ♦ madnep, Meadow parsnip ♦ Petroselinum crispum tuberosum, Poison parsnip ♦ turnip-rooted parsley ♦ water parsnip, wild parsnip. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "parsnip": Sequivirus. (references) |
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 | Cow Parsnip (Heracleum lantum) at Trail Creek.Credit: Terry Tuttle. |  | Jenny Creek LSR. Parsnip Lake's beaver pond.Credit: Frank Lang. |
 | Jenny Creek LSR Parsnip Lake's beaver pond.Credit: Frank Lang. |  | Parsnip Lake's beaver pond.Credit: Frank Lang. |
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| "Parsnip" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Parsnip" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.67% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 8.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "parsnip": cow parsnip ♦ cultivated parsnip ♦ greater water parsnip ♦ Meadow parsnip ♦ parsley and parsnip ♦ poison parsnip ♦ water parsnip ♦ wild parsnip. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
parsnip | 46 |
parsnip wild | 29 |
agriculture parsnip | 28 |
cow parsnip | 28 |
company list parsnip | 7 |
parsnip recipe | 6 |
importer parsnip | 6 |
parsnip poison | 5 |
parsnip seller | 3 |
burn parsnip | 2 |
parsnip picture | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "parsnip"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | bereklou (cow parsnip, hogweed), beerklou (acanthus, cow parsnip, hogweed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pastinak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الجزر الأبيض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пастернак, пащърнак. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 欧洲防风草. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornish | panesen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pastinák. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pastinak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pastinaak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | herakleo (cow parsnip, hogweed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هویج وحشی(گ.ش.), زردک وحشی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | palsternakka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | panais (parsley). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | pastinake. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παστινάκη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | 'זר לבן. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | paszternák, pasztinák. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pastinaca (sting ray, stingray). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | pesmad. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arsnippay pastinaga, salsa (parsley, salsa), chirivia. (various references) pãstârnac. (various references) пастернак. (various references) segweretahweu. (various references) paškanat. (various references) chirivía. (various references) palsternacka. (various references) yaban havucu. (various references) пастернак. (various references) panasen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | napus, pastinaca, Pastinaca sativa. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "parsnip": parsnips. (additional references) | |
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"Parsnip" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hasnip, Paarshin, parrenin, parsin, parsip, passnip. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "parsnip" (pronounced 'Pars"nip'): turnip. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-p-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: sprain. | |
-2 letters: airns, naris, nipas, pains, pairs, paris, pians, pinas, pirns, rains, ranis, sarin. | |
-3 letters: ains, airn, airs, anis, naps, nipa, nips, pain, pair, pans, paps, pars, pian, pias, pina, pins, pips, pirn, rain, rani, raps, rasp, rias, rins, rips, sain, sari, snap, snip, span, spar, spin. | |
-4 letters: ain, air, ais, ani, ars, asp, ins, nap, nip, pan, pap, par, pas, pia, pin, pip, pis, psi, ran, rap, ras, ria, rin, rip, sap, sin, sip, sir, spa, sri. | |
-5 letters: ai, an, ar, as, in, is, na, pa, pi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-p-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: parsnips, rappinis, snappier. | |
+2 letters: apprising, sandpiper, scrapping, strapping, trappings, wrappings. | |
+3 letters: appertains, apportions, appraising, drainpipes, grapplings, kidnappers, paperiness, piperonals, prepasting, preshaping, principals, prolapsing, reappoints, sandpipers, sapphirine, strappings. | |
+4 letters: apparitions, apprentices, papaverines, partnership, piperazines, planisphere, prestamping, presynaptic, propionates, scrappiness, suppurating, suppuration, transhipped, unstrapping, uppercasing. | |
+5 letters: apomorphines, appraisement, appraisingly, apprehension, apprehensive, approbations, coprincipals, disappearing, disapproving, gallinippers, handicappers, hypercapnias, misapprehend, naprapathies, newspapering, paperinesses, papermakings, paraphrasing, participants, partisanship, partnerships, perspiration, pilocarpines, planispheres, planispheric, popularising, postprandial, precipitants, prelapsarian, preparations, propagandist, propagations, reapportions, reappraising, sandpapering, subprincipal, suppurations, transhipping, transshipped. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 72 73 6E 69 70 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. ... -. .. .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110010 01110011 01101110 01101001 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r s n i p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0073 006E 0069 0070 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50678485807582 |
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