Wild parsnip
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Wild parsnip can refer to the following plants:
  • Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
    Parsnip
    The parsnip is a root vegetable related to the carrot. Parsnips resemble carrots, but are paler than most carrots and have a sweeter taste, especially when cooked. The buttery, slightly spicy, sweet flavor of cooked mature parsnips is reminiscent of butterscotch, honey, and subtle cardamom...

     (edible Eurasian weed)
  • Garden Angelica
    Garden Angelica
    Angelica archangelica, commonly known as Garden Angelica, Holy Ghost, Wild Celery, and Norwegian angelica, is a biennial plant from the Apiaceae family Apiaceae family, formerly known as Umbelleferae...

     (wild celery)
  • Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), which is extremely toxic
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