a European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten
plant noun (plants and fungi)
fool's parsleys
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Aethusa cynapium [species] | lesser hemlock | fool's-parsley | A. cynapium [abbreviation, species]
an annual herb in the plant family Apiaceae, native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. It's the only member of the genus Aethusa. It's related to Hemlock and Water-dropwort, and like them, is poisonous, though less so than Hemlock. It has... (42 of 246 words, 2 images)
a poisonous European weed of the carrot family that resembles parsley and is naturalized in the northern United States and southern Canada (22 of 38 words)
a poisonous white-flowered plant of the parsley family, with fern-like leaves and an unpleasant smell, native to Eurasia and North Africa (21 of 26 words)
a poisonous, foul-smelling European weed of the umbel family (9 of 15 words, pronunciation)
the parsley family, in the order Apiales, comprising between 300 and 400 genera of plants distributed throughout a wide variety of habitats, ... (22 of 209 words, 2 images)
an evil-smelling Eurasian umbelliferous plantwith small white flowers: contains the poison coniine (12 of 248 words)
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A poisonous European weed "(Aethusa cynapium") having finely divided leaves, umbels of small white flowers, and an unpleasant odor. (19 of 22 words, pronunciation)
an Old World fetid, poisonous plant resembling parsley. (8 of 15 words, pronunciation)
any plant possessing a property injurious to man or animal. Plants may be poisonous to the touch (e.g., poison ivy, poison sumac), or orally toxic ... (25 of 355 words)
a poisonous weed with finely divided leaves that resemble parsley and white flowers. Native to: Europe, naturalized in North America. (20 of 33 words)
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