HyperDic: heracleum_sphondylium

English > 1 sense of the expression Heracleum sphondylium:
NOUNplantHeracleum sphondylium, cow parsnip, hogweedtall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers
English > Heracleum sphondylium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers.
Synonymscow parsnip, hogweed
Member ofHeracleum, genus Heracleumwidely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks / rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishheracleum

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