madnep n 1: 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 [syn: {wild parsnip}, {madnep}]
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]