NOUN | plant | genus Cicuta, Cicuta | small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots |
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Meaning | small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock. | |
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Synonym | Cicuta | |
Member of | Umbelliferae, family Umbelliferae, Apiaceae, family Apiaceae, carrot family | plants having flowers in umbels |
Members | spotted cowbane, spotted hemlock, spotted water hemlock | tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes |
water hemlock, Cicuta verosa | tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas | |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
Spanish | genus cicuta | |
Catalan | genus cicuta |
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