cicuta

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Cicuta
    n 1: small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous
         tuberous roots: water hemlock [syn: {Cicuta}, {genus
         Cicuta}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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