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Japanese symbol for “parsnip”

Romaji: paasunippu
parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)

In Japanese, parsnip is (paasunippu).

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Meanings

  1. n parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)

Other Japanese words for “parsnip”

WordReadingMeaning
アメリカぼうふう amerikaboufuuparsnip
しろにんじん shironinjinparsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
さとうにんじん satouninjinparsnip

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.