spotted cowbane

spotted cowbane
a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots. Also called musquash root, spotted hemlock.
[1840-50]

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  • spotted cowbane — noun tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes • Syn: ↑spotted hemlock, ↑spotted water hemlock • Hypernyms: ↑poisonous… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • spotted cowbane — spotted cow·bane kau̇ .bān n a tall biennial No. American herb of the genus Cicuta (C. maculata) chiefly of wetlands of northeastern No. America with clusters of tuberous roots that resemble small sweet potatoes and are extremely poisonous called …   Medical dictionary

  • cowbane — see SPOTTED COWBANE …   Medical dictionary

  • spotted hemlock — n SPOTTED COWBANE …   Medical dictionary

  • spotted hemlock — noun tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes • Syn: ↑spotted cowbane, ↑spotted water hemlock • Hypernyms: ↑poisonous… …   Useful english dictionary

  • spotted water hemlock — noun tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes • Syn: ↑spotted cowbane, ↑spotted hemlock • Hypernyms: ↑poisonous plant… …   Useful english dictionary

  • spotted water-hemlock — dėmėtoji nuokana statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Salierinių šeimos vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Cicuta maculata), paplitęs Šiaurės ir Centrinėje Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cicuta maculata angl. musquash root; spotted cowbane; spotted… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • spotted parsley — noun 1. : poison hemlock 1 2. : spotted cowbane …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cicuta — virosa Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

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