Definitions for parsnips

parsnips pars·nip

Spelling: [pahr-snip]
IPA: /ˈpɑr snɪp/

Parsnips is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 208 anagrams from letters in parsnips (ainpprss).

Definitions for parsnips

noun

  1. a plant, Pastinaca sativa, cultivated varieties of which have a large, whitish, edible root.
  2. the root of this plant.

Origin of parsnips

1350-1400; earlier pars(e)nep, pass(e)nep, Middle English pas(t)nep(e) Latin past(ināca) parsnip (derivative of pastinum forked dibble) + Middle English nep turnip; see n

Examples for parsnips

We use the parsnip as we do the carrot, more for cattle than for the table.

Some pronounced it to be a parsnip, having a yellow root, and thin leaves.

The parsnip is, after the potato, the most valuable of roots.

MacKenzie followed the south branch, or what is now known as the parsnip.

The parsnip is native to England and Ireland, but does not grow in Scotland.

Adult wasps have been taken on parsnip, Pastinaca sativa (Robertson, 1928).

The flesh of cattle fed on the parsnip is also highly commended.

For musk-rats, we'd put a parsnip or an apple on the spindle of a box trap.

If no beets are to be had, a turnip, a carrot, or a parsnip will do as well.

When the parsnip has been allowed to run wild the root is considered to be poisonous.

Word Value for parsnips
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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