noun
Rare term for the root vegetable parsnip (Pastinaca sativa). The more common Japanese word is パースニップ.
See also: パースニップ
アメリカ防風は、パースニップとも呼ばれる根菜です。
Amerika-bōfū is a root vegetable also called parsnip.
パースニップ is the standard modern Japanese word for parsnip. アメリカ防風 is a rare, more literary or botanical synonym.
Compound of アメリカ (America) and 防風 (bōfū, a plant name for Saposhnikovia divaricata, used in traditional medicine). The name likely arose because the parsnip was introduced from the West and its leaves resemble those of 防風.