WILD PARSNIP

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip

Synonyms:

madnep; wild parsnip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wild parsnip" is a kind of...):

parsnip; Pastinaca sativa (a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root)

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

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