Assertion: parsnip's history | /r/CapableOf | record common parsnip
Facets:
value: as medicine
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: History records the common parsnip, Pastinaca sativa, as popular in ancient Roman times, as an important food and medicine in Europe during the Middle Ages, and as being grown by settlers in early Jamestown, Virginia, here in the young colonies.