Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cicuta"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cicuta \Ci*cu"ta\, n. [L., the poison hemlock.] (Bot.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Cicuta
n : small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous
tuberous roots: water hemlock [syn: {Cicuta}, {genus
Cicuta}]
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