Translingual

Pastinaca sativa

Proper noun

Pastinaca f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – the parsnips.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Apiales - order; Apiaceae - family; Apioideae - subfamily; Tordylieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pastinaca sativa - type species; Pastinaca hirsuta, Pastinaca latifolia, Pastinaca lucida, Pastinaca umbrosa - other species accepted per The Plant List

Italian

Noun

pastinaca f ‎(plural pastinache)

1. parsnip (plant or vegetable)
2. stingray

Related terms

• trigone
• pastinaca comune

Anagrams

• spanciata

Latin

Etymology

From pastinum ‎(“kind of two-pronged dibble”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pas.tiˈnaː.ka/, [pas.tɪˈnaː.ka]

Noun

pastināca f ‎(genitive pastinācae); first declension

1. parsnip
2. stingray

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Translingual: Pastinaca

References

• pastinaca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PASTINACA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pastinaca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pastinaga

Noun

pastinaca f (plural pastinacas)

1. parsnip (Pastinaca sativa, a plant known for its edible root)

Synonyms

• cherovia, cenoura-brava