DCHP-1 Online
cow parsnip 
a wild plant, Heracleum lanatum.
See also: wild parsnip (def. 1)
- 1853 It was the celebrated "cow parsnip." Its stem was jointed and hollow and . . . the Indians called it in their language "flute stem," as they often used it to make their rude musical instruments. . . .
- 1880 The Parsnip [River is] so called from the abundance of cow-parsnip that grows near its banks.
- 1934 To those who wish to vary . . . their spring diet by an occasional taste of wildlings, I recommend the common cow parsnip.
- 1853 It was the celebrated "cow parsnip." Its stem was jointed and hollow and . . . the Indians called it in their language "flute stem," as they often used it to make their rude musical instruments. . . .