(n.) The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself.
Example Sentences:
(1) Roots of celery (Apium graveolens) and parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) were inoculated with Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
(2) The steroid 5 a-androst-16-en-3-one, known as a boar pheromone, was identified in parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) and celery (Apium graveolens).
(3) My brother is also involved and we grow January King, red, white, Savoy and green cabbages, plus sprouts, potatoes, parsnips and some cereals.
(4) Bar snacks such as crackling and parsnip crisps are available all day in the pub still used by locals.
(5) Lewis began his campaign last Christmas, slashing the price of the “festive five” – bags of vegetables including carrots, potatoes, Brussels sprouts and parsnips – to 49p.
(6) As well as those daily-changing one pots, such as chilli, Thai curry, a chicken chowder and parsnip soup, all served with rice or breads, Grub also serves reputedly good deli sandwiches and salads.
(7) Photograph: Zaytoun Roast parsnip and carrot salad with freekeh and a yoghurt dressing Recipe by Jane Baxter Serves 4-6 500g parsnips 500g carrots 30g butter melted 1 tbsp Zaytoun olive oil 100g smokey freekah Dressing: 200ml yoghurt juice and zest of 1 orange 1 clove garlic crushed pinch ground cumin and cardamom 75g pitted dates finely chopped 1 red chilli finely chopped 1 tsp honey 1 tbsp chopped mint Bunch of watercess Salt and pepper To garnish: pomegranate seeds , extra mint and za’atar Pre–heat oven 190C.
(8) Along the top of it were half a dozen metal spikes and stuck on these, in the manner of martyrs' heads outside a city gate, were a series of impossibly slender, raw baby vegetables: a carrot, a parsnip, a beetroot.
(9) The plain truth is that there weren't that many about: frozen peas, carrots, parsnips in season, and potatoes, that was about the limit of it.
(10) I picked up a can of chopped tomatoes, a bag of carrots, parsnips, potatoes and onions for £1, a can of kidney beans, a bag of rice, a bag of pasta, and some dried herbs, vegetable stock cubes and dark chocolate to make things a bit more interesting.
(11) Dunnes began offering 500g of Brussels sprouts, parsnips or clementines at just 6c (5p), while Lidl countered with a price of just 5c (4p) for a bag of potatoes, onions and carrots.
(12) Shoppers could and do argue that their waste is spurred by supermarket offers; farmers could and do argue that their waste is caused by factors outside their control, such as: "I cannot eat this parsnip because it looks like the gnarly hand of a wizard."
(13) It tells you things like how to jazz up a glut of parsnips (tarragon is one of Segnit's inspired suggestions that I hadn't come across before), and reminds you why a classic pairing such as chilli and chocolate works so well.
(14) 150ml white-wine vinegar Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 tbsp caster sugar 3 medium carrots, peeled and shaved into very thin, long, wide strips 1 large parsnip, peeled and shaved into very thin, long, wide strips 120g radish, shaved into very thin slices 1 small red onion, peeled and cut into very thin slices 1 small beetroot, shaved into very thin slices 20g parsley leaves, roughly chopped 2½ tbsp olive oil 2 tsp lemon juice 80g stilton, broken into 1-2cm pieces Put the vinegar and 500ml water in a bowl with one and a half teaspoons of salt and the sugar, and stir to dissolve.
(15) Peel the parsnips and carrots and cut into quarters lengthways.
(16) Five individuals developed striate bullous dermatitis two days after exposure on a clear day to Heracleum mantegazzianum, Umbelliferae (Parsnip) family.
(17) The present method to detect parsnip or turnip adulteration in prepared horseradish uses light microscopy and a starch stain containing iodine in potassium iodide.
(18) Cicuta douglasii is found in all of our western states, is extremely toxic and can easily be confused with wild parsnip or carrot.
(19) All three had been to Swansea grammar school, but Fred was by then studying at the Royal Academy Schools in London, where Thomas joined him in 1934, to share, as the young poet recalled, "one big barmy room kept by a Mrs Parsnip", with the artist William Scott and another talented painter from Swansea grammar, Mervyn Levy.
(20) We report two adults who ingested hemlock water dropwort roots, having mistaken them for wild parsnip.
Radish
Definition:
(n.) The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.
Example Sentences:
(1) Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) it is shown that nuclear extracts from young radish leaves (NER) contain a protein fraction which binds to specific sequences in the radish ES.
(2) Three root crops (radishes, carrots, and onions) were grown in two soils, each treated with a mixture of FireMaster BP-6 (PBB) and 14C-PBB to achieve final concentrations of 100 ppm and 100 ppb.
(3) Weak Raman scattering found with horse radish peroxidase I is consistant with a porphyrin eta-cation radical formulation.
(4) In order to analyse the cruciferin gene family in radish a cDNA library was screened either with heterologous rapeseed probes or by differential screening and sequencing.
(5) Retrograde tracing, with either horse-radish peroxidase or rhodamine-labelled microspheres, indicated a significant increase in the number of neurons projecting to the rostral striatum from the dorsal raphe nucleus of lesioned animals.
(6) The absorption spectra of fluram, lysozyme, horse-radish peroxidase, and mixtures of lysozyme + fluram and peroxidase + fluram and the fluorescence and fluorescence excitation spectra of the mixtures in 0.05 M phosphate buffer with 1 per cent dioxane are determined.
(7) (Chinese J Microbiol Immunol 1987; 20: 269-278) Horse-radish peroxidase-conjugated to tetanus toxoid monoclonal antibody was involved in the new kit, and tetanus hybridoma clones were prepared by this laboratory.
(8) Afferent projections to the functionally identified mesencephalic locomotor region were studied in cat by means of the horse-radish peroxidase technique.
(9) Horse radish peroxidase (HRP; EC 1, 11, 1, 7) was used as a labeled enzyme and 3, 3', 5, 5'-tetramethylbenzidine was used as a substrate.
(10) After adjusting for known etiological factors, risks decreased with increasing intake of fruits, particularly oranges and tangerines, and some vegetables, including dark yellow vegetables and Chinese white radish.
(11) We purified and characterized a membrane-associated enzyme system from radish (Raphanus sativus L.) that is capable of converting acetyl-CoA into 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA).
(12) The normal and Ogura radish atpA loci are virtually identical for 3.8 kb, including a 507 codon open reading frame whose product is approximately 92% identical to other plant ATPA polypeptides.
(13) The most active were oak bark, sage and St. John's wort grass WAG extracts, horse radish root and leaf AG extracts, celandine grass WA extract; bur marigold and yarrow grass WA extracts were active towards S. aureus.
(14) These results provide evidence that radish plasma membranes contain an NAD(P)H-ferricyanide or cytochrome c oxidoreductase and an NAD(P)H oxidase, active only at pH 4.5-5.0, able to induce the formation of anion superoxide, that is then converted to hydrogen peroxide.
(15) In juvenile and adult Xenopus laevis, in adult Bufo marinus and Rana esculenta frogs retino-retinal projections were traced by filling the central stump of one optic nerve, cut 2-3 mm from the eye, with horse-radish peroxidase (HRP) or cobaltic-lysine complex (CLC).
(16) Horse-radish peroxidase injected into the femoral vein of intact rats, or infused at 30 cm H2o pressure into the main pancreatic duct of intact dogs, entered easily the interstitial spaces surrounding acini and acinar cells.
(17) SDS-electrophoresis showed distinct polypeptide patterns between the horse-radish leaves and crown galls, but the tumor characteristic protein bands failed to be identified.
(18) Nitrocellulose membrane strips containing sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis-resolved proteins of chlamydial elementary bodies (EB) were reacted with the B-CMP extract, followed by addition of streptavidin-conjugated horse radish peroxidase.
(19) Binding takes place if the IgM contained anti-HBc and was demonstrated by the aid of a conjugate made from anti-HBc IgG and horse radish peroxidase.
(20) The conditions for the sorption of the antigen on polystyrene test tubes and for binding 125I-or horse radish peroxidase-labeled protein A preparations with antibodies have been determined, and the method has been approved in tests made on sera and liquor obtained from donors and tick-borne encephalitis patients.