pastinaca sativa

Noun
  1. A strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root (synset 112962296)
    is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
    subtypes:
    • cultivated parsnip - European biennial having a long fusiform root that has been made palatable through cultivation
    • madnep, wild parsnip - 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
    belongs to: genus pastinaca, pastinaca - a rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae; includes parsnips
    same as: parsnip

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