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Of all the plant's common names – Alderdrots, Bear's Breech, Bear Skeiters, Bee's Nest, Beggar-Weed, Broad Kelk, Bullers, Bund-Weed, Bunnert, Cathaw-Blow, Clogweed, Cow-Cakes, Devil's Oatmeal, Eltrot, Gypsy's Lace, Humpy-Scrumples, Kedlock, Kegga, Kiskies, Limpernscrimp, Rabbit's Vittles, Scabby Hands, Snake's Meat, Wippul-Squip, to name a few – the official floras had to choose Hogweed. Its second most common names are Cow Parsnip, or more authentically, Pig's Parsnip, since pigs relish the plant, and most especially its root, which is said to taste of