parsnip

 
Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːsnɪp/

noun

  • 1a long tapering cream-coloured root vegetable with a sweet flavour: roasted parsnips [mass noun]: a purée of celeriac and parsnip [as modifier]: parsnip wine
  • 2the Eurasian plant of the parsley family which yields parsnips.
    • Pastinaca sativa, family Umbelliferae

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastinaca (related to pastinare 'dig and trench the ground'). The change in the ending was due to association with neep