an evil-smelling Eurasian umbelliferous plant, Aethusa cynapium, with small white flowers: contains the poison coniine
fool's-parsley in American English
(fulzˈpɑrsli)
noun
a poisonous, foul-smelling European weed (Aethusa cynapium) of the umbel family
: also fool's parsley
fool's-parsley in American English
(ˈfuːlzˌpɑːrsli)
noun
an Old World fetid, poisonous plant, Aethusa cynapium, resembling parsley
Word origin
[1745–55]This word is first recorded in the period 1745–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: artistic, ellipse, personification, symmetrical, vignette