parsnip
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- 14
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Definition of parsnip
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.
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noun
- A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.
- The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.
- (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of politics, alcohol, religion, sex, narcotics, isms, pork (“a set of topics that may be controversial in a classroom setting”).
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Etymology
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”).
Words you can make from parsnip
92 playable · top: PIPAS (9 pts)
Best play pipas 9 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
12 words4-letter words
35 words- APPS 8 pts
- PAPS 8 pts
- PIPA 8 pts
- PIPS 8 pts
- NAPS 6 pts
- NIPA 6 pts
- NIPS 6 pts
- PAIN 6 pts
- PAIR 6 pts
- PANS 6 pts
- PARS 6 pts
- PIAN 6 pts
- PIAS 6 pts
- PINA 6 pts
- PINS 6 pts
- PIRN 6 pts
- RAPS 6 pts
- RASP 6 pts
- RIPS 6 pts
- SNAP 6 pts
- SNIP 6 pts
- SPAN 6 pts
- SPAR 6 pts
- SPIN 6 pts
- AINS 4 pts
- AIRN 4 pts
- AIRS 4 pts
- ANIS 4 pts
- RAIN 4 pts
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- RIAS 4 pts
- RINS 4 pts
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3-letter words
33 words- APP 7 pts
- PAP 7 pts
- PIP 7 pts
- ASP 5 pts
- NAP 5 pts
- NIP 5 pts
- PAN 5 pts
- PAR 5 pts
- PAS 5 pts
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- PIN 5 pts
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- RAP 5 pts
- RIP 5 pts
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- AIN 3 pts
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- INS 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
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2-letter words
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