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Cow parsnip
Parsnip Pars"nip, n. [OE. parsnepe, from a French form, fr. L. pastinaca; cf. pastinare to dig up, pastinum a kind of dibble; cf. OF. pastenade, pastenaque.] (Bot.) The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself. Cow parsnip. See Cow parsnip. Meadow parsnip, the European cow parsnip. Poison parsnip, the wild stock of the parsnip. Water parsnip, any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sium, the species of which are poisonous.
Cow parsnip
Cow parsnip Cow" pars`nip (-n?p). (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America).

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- commonly known as cow parsnip, is the only member of the genus Heracleum native to North America. It is also known as American cow-parsnip, Satan celery,...
- Ethiopia. Common names for the genus or its species include hogweed and cow parsnip. The genus name Heracleum was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It...
- cartwheel-flower, giant cow parsley, giant cow parsnip, or hogsbane. In New Zealand, it is also sometimes called wild parsnip (not to be confused with...
- Papilio polyxenes, the (eastern) black swallowtail, American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail, is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. An...
- introduced in North America and elsewhere. Other common names include cow parsnip (not to be confused with Heracleum maximum of North America) or eltrot...
- species of the genus Heracleum (esp. the tall invasive hogweeds and the cow parsnips, Heracleum sphondylium and Heracleum maximum). The citrus family Rutaceae...
- wild plants such as fiddleheads or young pushki (Heracleum maximum, or cow parsnip). Beard's earliest memory of food was at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition...
- Astrantia major. Also, in the United States, Heracleum lanatum, the cow parsnip. Maudlinwort - Leucanthemum vulgare. Maywort - Bedstraw or mugweed. A...
- Ligusti**** porteri, also known as oshá (pronounced o-SHAW), wild parsnip, Porter’s Lovage or wild celery, is a perennial herb found in parts of the Rocky...
- orchid, Calypso bulbosa Fiddlenecks, Amsinckia Blue flax, Linum lewisii Cow parsnip, Heracleum maximum Common star lily, Toxicoscordion fremontii Crimson...