Cicuta
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See also: cicuta
Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin cicūta (“poison hemlock”).
Proper noun
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – water hemlocks, highly toxic plants of four similar species, native to the temperate to cold regions of the Norther Hemisphere, easily confused with edible plants.
Synonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Apiales – order; Apiaceae – family; Apioideae – subfamily; Oenantheae – tribe
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Cicuta virosa (northern water hemlock) – type species; Cicuta bulbifera, Cicuta douglasii (western water hemlock), Cicuta maculata (spotted water hemlock, spotted parsley, spotted cowbane) – other species
References
[edit]Cicuta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cicuta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Cicuta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Cicuta at USDA Plants database