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Definition: Peucedanum Ostruthium
Madnep
\Mad"nep\, n.
1. (Bot.) The masterwort (
Peucedanum Ostruthium), a tall
and coarse European umbelliferous plant.
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2. (Bot.) A 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; called also
wild parsnip.
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Masterwort
\Mas"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant
(
Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly
Imperatoria).
(b) The
Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant
with a showy colored involucre.
(c) Improperly, the
cow parsnip (
Heracleum lanatum).
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