Pastinaca

Parsnip Pastinaca sativa, along with its aromatic taproot, is native to Eurasia, was known to the Greeks and Romans, and like the turnip was an important staple food before the introduction of the potato.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Parsnip Pastinaca sativa, along with its aromatic taproot, is native to Eurasia, was known to the Greeks and Romans, and like the turnip was an important staple food before the introduction of the potato.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Normal butyric acid or fermentation butyric acid is found in butter, as an hexyl ester in the oil of _Heracleum giganteum_ and as an octyl ester in parsnip (_Pastinaca sativa_); it has also been noticed in the fluids of the flesh and in perspiration.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

The Wild Parsnip (_Pastinaca sativa_) grows on the borders of ploughed fields and about hedgerows, being generally hairy, whilst the Garden Parsnip is smooth, [414] with taller stems, and leaves of

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The smell of this is a compound of Valeriana and Pastinaca; it is decidedly aromatic, and not at all disagreeable, it is white inside and abounds in pith, but has scarcely any taste.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

Moses; the great weasel, Pastinaca, which kills trees by its odour; the

Tentation de saint Antoine. English Gustave Flaubert 1850

Pastinaca, [331] where I swear to you, by the habit I wear on my back, that I saw hedge-bills [332] fly, a thing incredible to whoso hath not seen it.

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344

1598 FLORIO Worlde of Wordes 261/3 Pastinaca muranese, a dildoe of glasse.

Obscure Word Origin Richard Nokes 2006

_Pastinaca_ means "parsnip" and is a meaningless addition of Fra Cipolla's fashion.] [Footnote 332: A play of words upon the primary meaning (winged things) of the word _pennate_, hedge-bills.]

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344