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giant hogweed
noun
a tall plant, Heracleum mantegazzianum, of the parsley family, native to Russia and now naturalized in the U.S., having very large leaves and broad, white flower heads somewhat resembling Queen Anne's lace: can cause an allergic rash when touched by susceptible persons.
giant hogweed
noun
Also called: cartwheel flower.an umbelliferous garden escape, Heracleum mantegazzianum, a tall species of cow parsley that grows up to 3 1/ 2 metres (10 ft) and whose irritant hairs and sap can cause a severe reaction if handled
Example Sentences
The giant hogweed - Heracleum mantegazzianum - is not to be messed with, says Prof Barr.
Daniel Logan stung his ankle on a giant hogweed in Boston Manor Park, west London, while retrieving a football.
Among other new eight-letter words, the kind that help players clear their seven-tile racks for 50 extra points: hogsbane, more commonly known as giant hogweed.
That quiet emptiness, the enormity of Russia, has been infiltrated in recent decades by an alien force: the giant hogweed.
In the summer, the giant hogweed assumes the look of dill on steroids; its coffee-table sized leaves create thickets impossible to pass without a hazmat suit.
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