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heracleum Bot.|hɛˈræklɪəm, hɛrəˈkliːəm|
[mod.L. (C. Linnæus Systema Naturæ 1735), f. Gr. Ἡρακλεία, the plant named after Heracles.]
A plant of a genus of large herbs of this name, belonging to the family Umbelliferæ and native to northern temperate regions; cow-parsnip or hogweed.
1787W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 2) I. 287 Heracleum. 1824J. E. Smith Eng. Flora II. 101 Heracleum. Cow-parsnep. 1847H. C. Watson Cybele Britannica I. 451 This [Angelica sylvestris] and the Heracleum are the two most widely distributed species of their order. 1864D. Oliver Less. Elem. Bot. ii. 175 (caption) Vertical section of flower of Common Heracleum. 1894W. Robinson Wild Garden (ed. 4) xiii. 133 Such plants as Heracleum, Willow Herb, and many others..should be planted only in outlying positions. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) II. 986/1 The Heracleums are sometimes grown in shrubberies or the rougher parts of the pleasure grounds. |