Found 2 items, similar to Cow parsnip.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cow parsnip cow parsnip n : tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers [syn: hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cow parsnip Parsnip \Pars"nip\ (p[aum]rs"n[i^]p), n. [OE. parsnepe, from a French form, fr. L. pastinaca; cf. pastinare to dig up, pastinum a kind of dibble; cf. OF. pastenade, pastenaque.] (Bot.) The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself. [1913 Webster] Cow parsnip. See Cow parsnip. Meadow parsnip, the European cow parsnip. Poison parsnip, the wild stock of the parsnip. Water parsnip, any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sium, the species of which are poisonous. [1913 Webster] Cow parsnip \Cow" pars`nip\ (-n?p). (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (Heracleum sphondylium in England, and Heracleum lanatum in America). [1913 Webster]