FOOL'S PARSLEY

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Meaning:

European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten

Synonyms:

Aethusa cynapium; fool's parsley; lesser hemlock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("fool's parsley" is a kind of...):

poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

Holonyms ("fool's parsley" is a member of...):

Aethusa; genus Aethusa (fool's parsley)