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cultivated parsnip

cultivated parsnip

4.6
A long white root vegetable like a carrot, grown for food
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd ˈpɑːrsnɪp/
translation icon : chirivía cultivada
  • Farmers harvest cultivated parsnip in the autumn when the roots are most tender.

Examples

  • The chef roasted cultivated parsnip with honey and thyme for a sweet, earthy flavor.

  • Have you ever tried cultivated parsnip in a salad?

  • Adding slices of cultivated parsnip to stews brings out a pleasant, nutty taste.

  • The chef used fresh cultivated parsnips in the soup.

  • Adding slices of cultivated parsnip to stews brings out a pleasant, nutty taste.

  • Farmers harvest cultivated parsnip in the autumn when the roots are most tender.

  • The chef roasted cultivated parsnip with honey and thyme for a sweet, earthy flavor.

Synonyms

parsnip
vscultivated parsnip
12 1.7

A long pale root vegetable like a carrot that you cook and eat

is the biennial grown to produce a long tapering edible root not just food
Pastinaca sativa
vscultivated parsnip
  • Specialized
8.5

A long white root vegetable with a sweet, earthy taste used in cooking

is the European biennial grown for a long tapering edible root

Surface Forms

cultivated parsnip singular
cultivated parsnips plural

Morphology

cultivated + parsnip

The noun phrase simply combines 'cultivated' (intentionally grown/tended) with 'parsnip' (a root vegetable), so its meaning 'a parsnip that is grown/farmed' is directly derivable from the constituents. This straightforward adjective + noun composition is cross-linguistically common and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Cultivated parsnip starts from a simple picture: a parsnip that people have cultivated on a farm. A parsnip is a long pale root vegetable like a carrot, so the name just means a 'grown' root vegetable ready to eat.