Definition of Aethusa cynapium

1. Noun. European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten.

Exact synonyms: Fool's Parsley, Lesser Hemlock
Group relationships: Aethusa, Genus Aethusa
Generic synonyms: Poisonous Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aethusa Cynapium

Aertex
Aeschylean
Aeschylus
Aeschynanthus radicans
Aesculapian
Aesculapius
Aesculus
Aesculus hippocastanum
Aesir
Aesop
Aesop's fables
Aesopian
Aesops
Aethionema
Aethusa
Aethusa cynapium
Aetobatus
Aetobatus narinari
Aetolia
AfPak
Afade
Afars and Issas
Afbachir
Afeefa
Aferdita
Afers
Affade
Affenpinscher
Affenpinschers

Literary usage of Aethusa cynapium

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

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1906)
"I.LIFER/E. aethusa cynapium—Confirmation of Alkaloidal Constituent.—The contradictory views held concerning the presence of a volatile alkaloid in Aethusa ..."

2. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"AETHUSA. Seeds sulcate. Petals unequal, Obs. 5140. LJ AETHUSA Cynapium. ... No fig, AETHUSA Cynapium. ..."

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