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parsnip

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"Pale root vegetable"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɑɹ.snɪp/Part of speech nounSorted ainpprsStarts with PEnds with P1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. whitish edible root; eaten cooked

Word origin

From 16th-century parsnepe, from Middle English passenep, a modification of Old French pasnaie by influence of Middle English nepe (“turnip”), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”), from pastinum (“two-pronged fork”) as in pastināre (“to dig up the ground”).

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