Definition of Madnep

1. Noun. Biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip.

Exact synonyms: Wild Parsnip
Generic synonyms: Parsnip, Pastinaca Sativa, Weed

Definition of Madnep

1. n. The masterwort (Peucedanum Ostruthium).

Definition of Madnep

1. Noun. The masterwort (''Peucedanum ostruthium''). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Madnep

1. The masterwort (Peucedanum Ostruthium). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Madnep

madhouse
madhouses
madia
madia oil
madia oil plant
madid
madidans
madindoline
madisterium
madjoun
madling
madlings
madly
madman
madmen
madnep (current term)
madness
madnesses
madocite
madonna
madonnas
madoqua
madoquas
madrague
madragues
madras
madrasa
madrasah
madrasahs
madrasas

Literary usage of Madnep

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Familiar Wild Flowers by Frederick Edward Hulme (1902)
"It is also sometimes called the cow-parsnip, or meadow-parsnip, and in earlier days madnep. In those same earlier days the parsnip was the ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"About 7 species, natives of Europe and Asia, the following typica i. Pastinaca sativa L. Wild Parsnip. madnep. Tank. Fig. 2123. Pastinaca salira L. Sp. PI. ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1838)
"Whether the word madnep indicate another cure may be inquired, and whether the name apply to Heracleum Sphondylium, ..."

4. Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened: Consisting of a Variety of by John Aikin, Barbauld (Anna Letitia) (1819)
"... and distinguished by leaves less divided than most of the class, is Cow-Parsnip or madnep. Of some of these the leaves, of others the roots, ..."

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