HyperDic: wild_parsnip

English > 1 sense of the expression wild parsnip:
NOUNplantwild parsnip, madnepbiennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root
English > wild parsnip: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningbiennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip.
Synonymmadnep
Broaderparsnip, Pastinaca sativaA strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root
weedAny plant that crowds out cultivated plants

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