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Noun: wild parsnip  wIld 'paa(r)snip
  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
    - madnep

Derived forms: wild parsnips

Type of: parsnip, Pastinaca sativa, weed

Encyclopedia: Wild parsnip