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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 parsnipplay

  Familiarity information: WILD PARSNIP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WILD PARSNIP (noun)


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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