Peucedanum Ostruthium

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Madnep \Mad"nep\, n.
   1. (Bot.) The masterwort ({Peucedanum Ostruthium}), a tall
      and coarse European umbelliferous plant.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Bot.) A 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; called also {wild parsnip}.
      [WordNet 1.5]

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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