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wild parsley

American  

noun

  1. any of several uncultivated plants resembling the parsley in shape and structure.


wild parsley British  

noun

  1. any of various uncultivated umbelliferous plants that resemble parsley

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Flowers include “desert dandelions, blue dicks, desert or wild parsley, and red maids,” according to the parks department, as well as blooming Joshua trees and bladderpod.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2023

Park officials at this desert grassland habitat said wild parsley, grape soda lupine and slender keel fruit had started to bloom.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2017

Renoir picks a bunch of camomile, ragwort and wild parsley to evoke the hazy summer fields round Fontainebleau, stuffing them into a homely jug to make the rustic point.

From The Guardian Aug. 14, 2010

Plus, I had the advantage of knowing the exact location of the greenest patch of wild parsley.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

So, too, the whitethroat in the wild parsley; so, too, the thrush that just now peered out and partly fluttered his wings as he stood to look. 

From Pageant of Summer by Jefferies, Richard

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