madnep
9.9
A wild plant like a parsnip with yellow flowers and a bitter root you should not eat raw
- noun
- Archaic
:
madragora
- The roots of the madnep are bitter and should not be eaten raw.
Examples
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Botanists believe that madnep is the progenitor of the modern cultivated parsnip.
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Some meadows in Europe are covered with wild madnep during the spring.
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The madnep can grow up to two feet tall.
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Did you see the madnep blooming in the garden?
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The roots of the madnep are bitter and should not be eaten raw.
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Some meadows in Europe are covered with wild madnep during the spring.
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Did you see the madnep blooming in the garden?
Synonyms
wild parsnip
vsmadnep
8.6
A wild plant with yellow flowers and a bitter root that can irritate skin
is the same plant but known by a different traditional name
Surface Forms
Etymology
Madnep can be remembered by splitting it into mad and nep: think of 'mad' as 'wild' and nep like the ending of parsnip, a familiar root vegetable. So, madnep is a wild weed with a bitter, parsnip-like root and the wild ancestor of the cultivated parsnip.
