heracleum lanatum

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heracleum lanatum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Masterwort \Mas"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     (a) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant
         (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria).
     (b) The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant
         with a showy colored involucre.
     (c) Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum).
         [1913 Webster]

  Cow parsnip \Cow" pars`nip\ (-n?p). (Bot.)
     A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum
     (Heracleum sphondylium in England, and Heracleum lanatum
     in America).
     [1913 Webster]