CICUTA

Cicuta, genus Cicuta

(noun) small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cicuta (uncountable)

(archaic) Hemlock.

Anagrams

• Ciutac

Source: Wiktionary


Ci*cu"ta, n. Etym: [L., the poison hemlock.] (Bot.)

Definition: a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known.

Note: The name cicuta is sometimes erroneously applied to Conium maculatum, or officinal hemlock.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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