wild parsnip
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noun
a strong-smelling umbelliferous plant, Pastinaca sativa, that has an inedible root: the ancestor of the cultivated parsnip
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wild oats, wild olive, wild orange, wild pansy, wild parsley, wild parsnip, wild passionflower, wild pitch, wild potato, wild pumpkin, wild rice
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