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See Oenanthe
Wheatear

The wheatears are birds of the genus Oenanthe. They were formerly considered to be members of the Thrush family Turdidae, but are now more commonly placed in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae....
 for the bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
 genus of this name.

The Oenanthe or water dropworts is a genus of plants from the family Apiaceae
Apiaceae

The Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of usually aromatic plants with hollow stems, commonly known as umbellifers. It includes cumin, parsley, carrot, coriander/cilantro, dill, caraway, fennel, parsnip, celery, Queen anne's lace and other relatives....
. Oenanthe is derived from the Greek oinos "wine" and anthos "flower", from the wine-like scent of the flowers.

Several of the species, most notably O. crocata, are extremely poisonous, the active poison being oenanthotoxin
Oenanthotoxin

Oenanthotoxin is a toxin extracted from hemlock water dropwort and other plants of the genus Water dropwort. It is structurally closely related to the toxin cicutoxin of water hemlock....
. This species closely resembles the Parsnip
Parsnip

The parsnip is a root vegetable related to the carrot. Parsnips resemble carrots, but are paler than most of them and have a stronger flavor. Like carrots, parsnips are native to Eurasia and have been eaten there since ancient times....
, both in foliage and the white root.






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See Oenanthe
Wheatear

The wheatears are birds of the genus Oenanthe. They were formerly considered to be members of the Thrush family Turdidae, but are now more commonly placed in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae....
 for the bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
 genus of this name.

The Oenanthe or water dropworts is a genus of plants from the family Apiaceae
Apiaceae

The Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of usually aromatic plants with hollow stems, commonly known as umbellifers. It includes cumin, parsley, carrot, coriander/cilantro, dill, caraway, fennel, parsnip, celery, Queen anne's lace and other relatives....
. Oenanthe is derived from the Greek oinos "wine" and anthos "flower", from the wine-like scent of the flowers.

Several of the species, most notably O. crocata, are extremely poisonous, the active poison being oenanthotoxin
Oenanthotoxin

Oenanthotoxin is a toxin extracted from hemlock water dropwort and other plants of the genus Water dropwort. It is structurally closely related to the toxin cicutoxin of water hemlock....
. This species closely resembles the Parsnip
Parsnip

The parsnip is a root vegetable related to the carrot. Parsnips resemble carrots, but are paler than most of them and have a stronger flavor. Like carrots, parsnips are native to Eurasia and have been eaten there since ancient times....
, both in foliage and the white root. The root is particularly dangerous, as it lacks the unpleasant flavour of the foliage, but is equally toxic: the species is common in wet ditches and streamsides, and the roots are often exposed when drainage ditches are cleared. Livestock fatalities are frequent when these exposed roots are found and eaten in mistake for parsnips, one root being sufficient to kill a cow. Human fatalities are also known in these circumstances.

O. javanica, Japanese parsley is grown in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, Korea
Korea

Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
, Taipei County
Taipei County

Taipei County is located in northern Taiwan and encircles Taipei City. It is south of Keelung, north of Taoyuan County, Taiwan and west of Yilan County, Taiwan....
, China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
, India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, where the spring growth ("seri" ?? in Japanese
Japanese language

IPA: [n?iho?go] is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages....
, "minari" ??? in Korean
Korean language

Korean is the official language of North Korea and South Korea. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China....
), is relished as a vegetable.

Oenanthe Pimpinelloides2