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Hamburg parsley

Hamburg parsley

9.5
A plant with smooth leaves and a large white root used as a vegetable
  • noun
translation icon : perejil de Hamburgo
  • The chef substituted Hamburg parsley for parsnip in the recipe.

Examples

  • We grew Hamburg parsley in our garden for its delicious roots.

  • I bought some Hamburg parsley at the farmer's market.

  • Roasted Hamburg parsley makes a unique and tasty side dish.

  • Have you tried Hamburg parsley in your salads?

  • Roasted Hamburg parsley makes a unique and tasty side dish.

  • The chef substituted Hamburg parsley for parsnip in the recipe.

  • We grew Hamburg parsley in our garden for its delicious roots.

Synonyms

Petroselinum crispum tuberosum
vsHamburg parsley
9.9

A parsley plant with smooth leaves and a thick edible root

is the common everyday name rather than the Latin variety label
turnip-rooted parsley
vsHamburg parsley
  • UK
8.9

A white root vegetable with smooth leaves that looks like a parsnip

is defined generally without stressing the white colour of the root
parsley root
vsHamburg parsley
4.4

A white root vegetable like a carrot that you eat raw or cooked

is the whole plant variety and not only the harvested root

Surface Forms

Hamburg parsley singular
Hamburg parsleys plural

Morphology

Hamburg + parsley

The compound is simply a place-name + noun (Hamburg + parsley), so a learner who knows both words will readily infer it denotes a variety or type of parsley associated with Hamburg (i.e., a specific cultivar/root parsley). This compositional PLACE+NOUN pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows normal English naming conventions, making the meaning transparent to B1 learners.

Etymology

The compound noun Hamburg parsley probably comes from the German city of Hamburg, where this parsley with a large edible 'root' was often packed and sent to markets. People began to call that kind Hamburg parsley, so today the name means a parsley grown for its big edible 'root'.