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Pastinaca

noun

a rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae; includes parsnips

• Syn: ↑genus Pastinaca

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus, ↑Umbelliferae, ↑family Umbelliferae, ↑Apiaceae, ↑family Apiaceae, ↑carrot family

• Member Meronyms: ↑parsnip, ↑Pastinaca sativa

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\\ˌpastəˈnākə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, parsnip, carrot — more at parsnip

: a genus of Eurasian mostly biennial herbs (family Umbelliferae) with pinnate leaves, compound umbels of yellow flowers, and very much flattened oval seeds — see parsnip

Useful english dictionary. 2012.