Following up to sarah

>Speaking (as it were) of parsnips, does anyone else find that one or two
>of them seem to leave the mouth/tongue/lips slightly numb? I know it's
>in the same family as some rather nasty plants;

not happened to me but its sap makes your skin hypersensitive to
sunlight, causing burns.
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