fool\'s-parsley

[foolz-pahrs-lee]

fool's-pars·ley

[foolz-pahrs-lee]
noun
an Old World fetid, poisonous plant, Aethusa cynapium, resembling parsley.

Origin:
1745–55
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fool's-parsley
 
n
an evil-smelling Eurasian umbelliferous plant, Aethusa cynapium, with small white flowers: contains the poison coniine

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