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cow parsnip
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a wild plant, Heracleum lanatum.
See: wild parsnip(def. 1)
Quotations
1853
It was the celebrated "cow parsnip." Its stem was jointed and hollow and . . . the Indians called it in their language "flute stem," as they often used it to make their rude musical instruments. . . .
1880
The Parsnip [River is] so called from the abundance of cow-parsnip that grows near its banks.
1934
To those who wish to vary . . . their spring diet by an occasional taste of wildlings, I recommend the common cow parsnip.