| NOUN | plant | madnep, wild parsnip | biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root |
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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. | |
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| Synonym | wild parsnip | |
| Broader | parsnip, Pastinaca sativa | A strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root |
| weed | Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants | |
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