Bear's-breech, bear's-breech·es n.
1. Bot. The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium)
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Cow pars·nip Bot. A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (Heracleum sphondylium in England, and Heracleum lanatum in America).
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Hog·weed n. Bot. (a) A common weed (Ambrosia artemisiæge). See Ambrosia, 3. (b) In England, the Heracleum Sphondylium.
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Heracleum sphondylium
n : tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to
purple flowers [syn: cow parsnip, hogweed]