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WILD PARSNIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wild parsnip mean?
• WILD PARSNIP (noun)
The noun WILD PARSNIP has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: WILD PARSNIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
madnep; wild parsnip
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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