parsnip
English Thesaurus
1. whitish edible root; eaten cooked (noun.food)
hypernym | : | root vegetable, |
definition | : | any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers (noun.food) |
part meronym | : | cultivated parsnip, |
definition | : | European biennial having a long fusiform root that has been made palatable through cultivation (noun.plant) |
2. a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | herb, herbaceous plant, |
definition | : | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cultivated parsnip, |
definition | : | European biennial having a long fusiform root that has been made palatable through cultivation (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | madnep, wild parsnip, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | genus pastinaca, pastinaca, |
definition | : | a rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae; includes parsnips (noun.plant) |
3. the whitish root of cultivated parsnip (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | root, |
definition | : | (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground (noun.plant) |
part meronym | : | cultivated parsnip, |
definition | : | European biennial having a long fusiform root that has been made palatable through cultivation (noun.plant) |
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