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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Parsnip \Pars"nip\ (p[aum]rs"n[i^]p), noun [OE. parsnepe, from a French form, fr. L. pastinaca; cf. pastinare to dig up, pastinum a kind of dibble; cf. OF. pastenade, pastenaque.] (Bot.) 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.
{Cow parsnip}. See {Cow parsnip}.
{Meadow parsnip}, the European cow parsnip.
{Poison parsnip}, the wild stock of the parsnip.
{Water parsnip}, any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Sium}, the species of which are poisonous.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
parsnip
noun
1: the whitish root of cultivated parsnip
2: a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root [syn: {Pastinaca sativa}]
3: whitish edible root; eaten cooked
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