Astrantia major

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Astrantia major
    n 1: European herb with aromatic roots and leaves in a basal
         tuft and showy compound umbels of white to rosy flowers
         [syn: {greater masterwort}, {Astrantia major}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Masterwort \Mas"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
   (a) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant
       ({Peucedanum Ostruthium}, formerly {Imperatoria}).
   (b) The {Astrantia major}, a European umbelliferous plant
       with a showy colored involucre.
   (c) Improperly, the {cow parsnip} ({Heracleum lanatum}).
       [1913 Webster]
    

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