1562 J. Heywood sig. Ddiii Here is Parsnip seede that will nip you as nere, As ye were nipt with any parsnip this yere.
1683 (Royal Soc.) 13 27 All in figure some-what resembling Parsnip Seeds.
1766 (Suppl.) at Parsnep Parsnep-seeds seldom grow after they are above a year old.
1876 H. Barnard (ed 2) 443 If you will still continue to watch them, you will find, as the flowers fall off, that seed-vessels are formed, shaped very much like the parsnip seed.
1998 95 13743/2 Webworm pupae and ripe parsnip seeds were collected near four midwestern towns.