Parsnip (disambiguation)

A parsnip is a root vegetable closely related to carrot and parsley.

Some varieties of parsnip include:

• Cow parsnip, also known as hogweed
• Northern Indian parsnip, also known as aromatic spring-parsley or turpentine cymopterus
• Water parsnip, a common name given to a number of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae
  • Cutleaf meadow-parsnip
  • Greater water-parsnip, also commonly known as great water-parsnip and wideleaf waterparsnip
  • Sium suave, also known as the water parsnip or hemlock waterparsnip
• Wild parsnip, a common name for several plants including and Garden angelica and Giant hogweed
  • Giant cow parsnip, commonly known as giant hogweed, also known as cartwheel-flower, giant cow parsley,or hogsbane
• Woollyhead parsnip, also known as anger's buttons, button parsley, and swamp white heads

Parsnip may also refer to:

• Parsnip (band), an Australian rock band
• Operation Parsnip, a World War II operation by the Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service on the island of Java
• Parsnip Moth, or parsnip webworm is a moth of the family Depressariidae

See also

• Parsnip Peak Wilderness, a 43,693-acre (17,682 ha) wilderness in northeastern Lincoln County, Nevada
• Parsnip River, a 240-kilometre (150 mi) long river in central British Columbia, Canada
• Parsnip swallowtail, a butterfly found throughout much of North America
• Parsnip Swamp, a swamp in the U.S. state of Washington
• Parsnip yam, a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae