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Pastinaca

Pastinaca

9.9
A group of plants in the carrot family that includes parsnip
  • noun
  • /ˌpæstɪˈnɑːkə/
  • Specialized
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  • He harvested several pastinaca roots from his vegetable garden to prepare for the winter months.

Examples

  • Chefs often use pastinaca to make purees and soups because of its sweet, earthy flavor.

  • The garden featured bright yellow flowers among the lush green foliage, including pastinaca plants that attracted many bees.

  • In Sermon 48, for example, the male of the species Dasyatis pastinaca, or large European stingray, is presented as a model husband.

    Fiction book (1999)

Compounds

Pastinaca sativa
  • Specialized
8.5

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

Surface Forms

Pastinaca singular
Pastinacas plural

Etymology

The word Pastinaca comes from Latin and was the old name for the parsnip, a plant with a long edible root. So Pastinaca is used today as the scientific name for the group of carrot-family plants that include the parsnip.