Parsley

a common garden herb introduced from Europe. It is closely related to caraway. It has yellowish flowers and ovate, three-cleft, curly leaves. The latter are much used to flavor soups and garnish meats. A species with thread-like leaflets grows wild on the dry hills of California and Nevada. Fool's parsley is a similar plant. It is a fetid, poisonous European herb of acrid taste found growing in waste grounds, etc.