Herb. Obs. [ME. tanke; origin obscure.] The Wild Carrot; according to Gerarde, the Wild Parsnip.
a. 1400–50. Stockh. Med. MS., 181. Bryddys neste or tanke: daucus asininus. Ibid., 182. Þe lesse tank: daucus creticus.
14[?]. MS. Arundel, 272, lf. 46 (Halliw.). Brydswete or tank. Hit hath leves like to hemlok, and a quite flower.
1597. Gerarde, Herbal, App., Tanke is wild Parsnep.
