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Parsnip

, river, Canada

Parsnip, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in central British Columbia, Canada, and flowing northwest to join the Finlay River at Williston Lake and form the Peace River. Explored by Sir Alexander Mackenzie in 1793, it became, with the Peace River, an important fur-trade route.

parsnip

, in botany

parsnip, garden plant (Pastinaca sativa) of the family Umbelliferae (parsley family), native to the Old World. It has been cultivated since Roman times for its long, fleshy, edible root. Wine and beer have also been made from it. The wild form has become naturalized in North America, often proving a noxious weed. Parsnip is a biennial but is cultivated as an annual. The root can be left in the ground all winter without deterioration. It is also used as livestock feed. Parsnip is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Apiales, family Umbelliferae.

parsnip

[′pär·snəp]

(botany)

Pastinaca sativa. A biennial herb of Mediterranean origin belonging to the order Umbellales; grown for its edible thickened taproot.

parsnip

1. a strong-scented umbelliferous plant, Pastinaca sativa, cultivated for its long whitish root

2. any of several similar plants, esp the cow parsnip

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Sift the flour, baking powder and ground nutmeg on to your parsnip mixture and mix in well.

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According to (https://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/html/stories/1999/jun99/parsnip.htm) Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine , "wild parsnip contains chemicals in the juices of its green leaves, stems and fruits that can cause an intense, localized burn - actually, a sunburn."

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Pass the parsnips!

I really appreciated Barbara Damrosch's article about parsnips and sorrel in your last issue (The Gardener's Table, April/May 2016).

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Parsnip works pretty well with pear, too, but add a little chopped apple and some cinnamon and you've got a muffin that's hard to beat.

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But walking through his garage into the back, an unusual sight greets the eye--a yard filled with garden plots, where herbs, parsnips, chives and all manner of other plants are growing.

A harvest for the whole city

The iconic Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem describes his mythical shtetl, Kasrilevke, and its bustling town square, filled every morning with the "produce--fish, onions, horseradish, parsnip..." of the country folk.

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The new 35g Mini Gratins with Parsnip & Jerusalem Artichoke feature specially selected potatoes, real cream, French Emmentaler cheese, chives, parsley and chervil for a side dish that it full of flavour.

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6 THEY should be scrubbed rather than peeled as most of the flavour can be found directly below the skin of a parsnip.

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The super-sized root vegetable is 36 times bigger than a standard parsnip and is large enough to produce a staggering 88, 2.5inch Sunday roast batons or 25 bowls of Jamie Oliver's spicy parsnip soup.