fool's-parsley

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fo̅o̅lz′pärs′lē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
fool's-pars•ley  (fo̅o̅lz′pärs′lē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyan Old World fetid, poisonous plant, Aethusa cynapium, resembling parsley.
  • 1745–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fool's-parsley
  1. an evil-smelling Eurasian umbelliferous plant, Aethusa cynapium, with small white flowers: contains the poison coniine
'fool's-parsley' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
parsley

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