The smell of this is a compound of Valeriana and Pastinaca; it is decidedly aromatic, and not at all disagreeable, it is white inside and abounds in pith, but has scarcely any taste. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Moses; the great weasel, Pastinaca, which kills trees by its odour; the. From Wordnik.com. [Tentation de saint Antoine. English] Reference
1598 FLORIO Worlde of Wordes 261/3 Pastinaca muranese, a dildoe of glasse. From Wordnik.com. [Obscure Word Origin] Reference
Pastinaca. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Pastinaca, i&y. From Wordnik.com. [Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium] Reference
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