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Bear''s-breech :: Bear's-breech (n.) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium.

Water Parsnip :: Water parsnip () Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers..

Wild :: Wild (superl.) Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey..

Umbelliferous :: Umbelliferous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Umbelliferae) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples..

Commissure :: Commissure (n.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc..

Cow Parsnip :: Cow parsnip () A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America)..

Masterwort :: Masterwort (n.) Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum)..

Seed :: Seed (n.) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed..

Parsnip :: Parsnip (n.) The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself..

Cremocarp :: Cremocarp (n.) The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis..

Kecksy :: Kecksy (n.) The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock..

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