cicuta

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Definition of cicuta in English English dictionary

Hemlock

cicuta, or hemlock, is a strong poison in Greece, but with us it hath no such violent effects .

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

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

Etymology

() From Latin cicūta.