wild parsnip

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wild parsnip

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a strong-smelling umbelliferous plant, Pastinaca sativa, that has an inedible root: the ancestor of the cultivated parsnip

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wild parsnip - 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

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Pastinaca sativa, parsnip - a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root

weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants

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Madnep parsnip Pastinaca sativa			18: When ragweed has grown two feet tall, and cow vetch, yellow sweet cover, wild parsnips, poison hemlock, angelica, motherwort, wild roses, locusts, blackberries, and yarrow are flowering, then the last of the leaves come out for summer. Poor Will's Countryside Almanack for early & middle spring of 2009 by Felker, W.L. / Countryside & Small Stock Journal PARSNIPS Parsnips, which look like albino carrots, originated around the Mediterranean, and wild parsnips were eventually cultivated by the Romans. Vegan roots by Daniels-Zeller, Debra / Vegetarian Journal Gary McLardy came across 15 - 20 wild parsnip north of Cabin Hill, Formby. country: on country matters .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			wild licorice wild lily of the valley wild liquorice wild lupine wild madder Wild mammee wild man wild mandrake wild mango wild mango tree wild marjoram wild meadow lily wild medlar wild medlar tree wild morning-glory wild mustard wild oat wild oat grass wild oats wild olive wild onion wild orange wild ox wild pansy wild parsley wild parsnip wild pea wild peach wild peanut Wild pieplant Wild pigeon wild pink wild pitch Wild plantain wild plum wild plum tree wild potato wild potato vine wild pumpkin wild quinine wild radish wild rape wild raspberry wild red oat wild rice wild rose wild rosemary wild rubber wild rye wild sage wild sarsaparilla			Wild Monkey Sex wild morning-glory Wild Mouse Ecotropic Retrovirus Wild Mouse Leukemia Virus wild mustard wild mustard wild mustard wild mustard wild oat wild oat wild oat grass wild oats wild oats wild olive Wild Olympic Salmon Wild on Wednesdays wild onion wild onion wild onion wild onion wild orange Wild Orange Thing wild ox Wild Pacific Trail Society wild pansy wild pansy wild parsley wild parsley wild parsley wild parsley wild parsnip wild passion fruit wild passion fruit wild passion fruit wild passion fruit wild pea wild pea wild pea wild pea wild peach wild peanut Wild Pellitory Wild Pennyroyal Wild Pennyroyal Wild Pennyroyal wild pepper wild pepper wild pepper wild pepper Wild Perennial Lupin Wild Perennial Lupine Wild petunia Wild pieplant Wild pig Wild pig Wild pig Wild pigeon Wild pigs Wild pigs Wild pigs Wild Pigs Motorcycle Club

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