Parsnips are an ivory-colored root vegetable, very similar to carrots. Parsnips have a nutty, sweet flavor. Their sweetness is often enhanced by apples, orange zest and spices such as cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg
A parsnip is a pale yellow in colour, tapering root. It is is boiled or baked. The flavour is strong and sweet. Pastinak in the German language; pastinaca in the Italian.