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5 words match “COW PARSNIP”

COW PARSNIP n.
A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America).
BEAR'S-BREECH n.
The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium) Dr. Prior.
KECKSY n.
The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock. [Written also kex, and in pl., kecks, kaxes.] Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs. Shak.
MASTERWORT n.
Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum).
PARSNIP n.
al umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself. Cow parsnip. See Cow parsnip. -- Meadow parsnip, the European cow parsnip. -- Poison parsnip, the wild stock of the parsnip. -- Water parsnip, any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sium, the species of which are poisonous.…