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parsnip

noun
🔊/ˈpɑːsnɪp/
🔊/ˈpɑːrsnɪp/
 [countable, uncountable]
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  1. a long pale yellow root vegetable欧洲防风；欧洲萝卜
    Topics Foodc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastinaca (related to pastinare ‘dig and trench the ground’). The change in the ending was due to association with neep.