genus pastinaca

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   a rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae; includes parsnips

   SynonymsPastinaca

   Broaderrosid dicot genusUmbelliferae

Questions about genus pastinaca

What does genus pastinaca mean?

genus pastinaca means "a rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae; includes parsnips".

What is another word for genus pastinaca?

Close synonyms include Pastinaca. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus pastinaca a common word?

genus pastinaca is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.