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cicuta
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cicuta, n. [L., the poison hemlock.].
a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known. [1913 Webster]
" The name cicuta is sometimes erroneously applied to Conium maculatum, or officinal hemlock." [1913 Webster]
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