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# parsnip

noun (a parsnip, parsnips)

«parsnip» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A long, pale cream root vegetable, shaped like a carrot, with a sweet taste when cooked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsnip/#m1)

### In the lessons

In cooking: roast parsnips with Sunday dinner or Christmas dinner (UK, Ireland). In science/gardening: a root vegetable grown underground; frost makes it sweeter. Old saying: «Fine words butter no parsnips» (talk alone does not get things done).

### Examples

- We had roast parsnips with our chicken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsnip/#x1)
- A parsnip looks like a white carrot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsnip/#x2)
- Grandad grows parsnips in his allotment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsnip/#x3)
- Parsnips taste sweeter after a frost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsnip/#x4)
- Fine words butter no parsnips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsnip/#x5)
- Mum made parsnip soup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsnip/#x6)
- The gardener was near the gate, watering the dill and parsley, the carrots and parsnips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsnip/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Spelling: pars-nip. Trap: the wild parsnip plant's sap can burn skin in the sun — don't pick wild plants.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «parsnip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsnip/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«parsnip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/parsnip.html) on Mova free.