Noun: fool's parsley
- European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten
"Foragers must be careful to avoid fool's parsley when gathering wild herbs";
- lesser hemlock, Aethusa cynapium
Derived forms: fool's parsleys
Type of: poisonous plant
Part of: Aethusa, genus Aethusa
Encyclopedia: Fool's parsley