greater water parsnip


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Noun1.greater water parsnip - large stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; Europe
Sium latifolium
genus Sium, Sium - perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere: water parsnips
bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
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