Parsnip vs. Vegetable
Parsnipnoun
A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.
Vegetablenoun
Any plant.
Parsnipnoun
The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.
Vegetablenoun
A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, or spice in the culinary sense.
Parsnipnoun
The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself.
Vegetablenoun
The edible part of such a plant.
Parsnipnoun
the whitish root of cultivated parsnip
Vegetablenoun
A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a brain-dead person.
Parsnipnoun
a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root
Vegetableadjective
Of or relating to plants.
Parsnipnoun
whitish edible root; eaten cooked
Vegetableadjective
Of or relating to vegetables.
Parsnipnoun
a long tapering cream-coloured root vegetable with a sweet flavour
âroasted parsnipsâ; âa puree of celeriac and parsnipâ; âparsnip wineâ;
Vegetableadjective
Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc.
âBlooming ambrosial fruitOf vegetable gold.â;
Parsnipnoun
the Eurasian plant of the parsley family which yields parsnips.
Vegetableadjective
Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom.
Parsnip
The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable closely related to carrot and parsley, all belonging to the flowering plant family Apiaceae. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual.
Vegetableadjective
Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds.
Vegetablenoun
A plant. See Plant.
Vegetablenoun
A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also, the edible part of such a plant, as prepared for market or the table.
Vegetablenoun
A person who has permanently lost consciousness, due to damage to the brain, but remains alive; sometimes continued life requires support by machinery such as breathing tubes. Such a person is said to be in a vegetative state.
Vegetablenoun
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
Vegetablenoun
any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
Vegetableadjective
of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from plants;
âdecaying vegetable matterâ; âa mineral depositâ; âmineral waterâ;
Vegetable
Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, and seeds.
