'Cow parsnip' definitions:
Definition of 'cow parsnip'
From: WordNet
noun
Tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers [syn: cow parsnip, hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium]
Definition of 'Cow parsnip'
From: GCIDE
- Parsnip \Pars"nip\ (p[aum]rs"n[i^]p), n. [OE. parsnepe, from a French form, fr. L. pastinaca; cf. pastinare to dig up, pastinum a kind of dibble; cf. OF. pastenade, pastenaque.] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cow parsnip'
From: GCIDE
- Cow parsnip \Cow" pars`nip\ (-n?p). (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (Heracleum sphondylium in England, and Heracleum lanatum in America). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'cow parsnip'
From: GCIDE
- Masterwort \Mas"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria). (b) The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre. (c) Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum). [1913 Webster]