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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.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Madnep
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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