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Wa´ter pars´nip

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

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water parsnip - stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; northern United States and Asia Sium suave genus Sium, Sium - perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere: water parsnips bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath