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pars⋅nip

  [pahr-snip]
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–noun
1. a plant, Pastinaca sativa, cultivated varieties of which have a large, whitish, edible root.
2. the root of this plant.
Origin:
1350–1400; earlier pars(e)nep, pass(e)nep, ME pas(t)nep(e) < L past(ināca) parsnip (deriv. of pastinum forked dibble) + ME nep turnip; see neep
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pars·nip   (pär'snĭp)   
n.  

  1. A strong-scented plant (Pastinaca sativa) cultivated for its long, white, edible, fleshy root.

  2. The root of this plant.


[Middle English pasnepe, alteration (influenced by nep, turnip) of Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastināca, from pastinum, a kind of two-pronged dibble.]
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Word Origin & History

parsnip 
16c., parsnepe, corruption (by influence of M.E. nepe "turnip") of M.E. passenep (1398), from O.Fr. pasnaie, from L. pastinaca "parsnip, carrot," from pastinum "two-pronged fork" (related to pastinare "to dig up the ground") so called from the shape of the root. The parsnip was considered a kind of turnip.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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