单词 | wild parsnip |
释义 | > as lemmaswild parsnip wild parsnip n. the wild form of Pastinaca sativa (see parsnip n. 1); (also) = cow-parsnip n., water parsnip n.; (also) a poisonous plant of the family Umbelliferæ, esp., in North America, the water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, or, in Australia, Trachymene glaucifolia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > wild parsnip wild parsnip1538 ragwort1570 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Staphilinus, wylde parsnyppe. ?1750 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 2) 40 Apply a Poultis of..Wild-Parsnips; Flowers, Leaves and Stalks. 1790 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 234 I have heard this poisonous herb, called by the names of Wild-Carrot, Wild-Parsnep,..and Mock-Eel-Root. 1807 Massachusetts Spy 22 July Five children were lately poisoned in Scipio (New York) by eating Wild Parsnip or Musquash Root. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 142 The sudden death of numbers of cattle in the vicinity of Dandenong..was attributed to their having eaten a plant known as the wild parsnip. 1932 J. W. Winson Weather & Wings 51 The poison is described further as being ‘wild-parsnip’, ‘cowbane’, [etc.]. 1955 Arctic Terms 88/1 Wild parsnip. The cow parsnip. 1965 Austral. Encycl. VIII. 546/2 The wild parsnip of inland plains, does seem to be responsible for stock losses. < as lemmas |
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