- cowbane
- [ʹkaʋbeın] n бот.
вех ядовитый, цикута ядовитая (Cicuta virosa)
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
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cowbane — see SPOTTED COWBANE … Medical dictionary
Cowbane — Cow bane (kou b[=a]n ), n. (Bot.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the {Cicuta virosa}; in the United States, the {Cicuta maculata} and the {Archemora rigida}. See {Water hemlock}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cowbane — [kou′bān΄] n. [ COW1 + BANE] 1. any of several water hemlocks with intensely poisonous roots and clusters of small white flowers 2. any other plant that is poisonous to cattle, as locoweed … English World dictionary
cowbane — /kow bayn /, n. any of several poisonous plants of the parsley family, as Oxypolis rigidior, of swampy areas of North America, or the water hemlock, Cicuta maculata. [1770 80; COW1 + BANE] * * * ▪ plant any of several poisonous plants, including … Universalium
Cowbane Prairie Natural Area Preserve — Cowbane Prairie Natural Area Preserve … Wikipedia
cowbane — noun Date: 1776 any of several poisonous plants (as a water hemlock) of the carrot family … New Collegiate Dictionary
cowbane — noun Any of several related poisonous plants of the genus Cicuta; especially the water hemlock … Wiktionary
cowbane — noun a tall poisonous plant of the parsley family, growing in wet habitats. [Cicuta virosa and related species.] … English new terms dictionary
cowbane — cow•bane [[t]ˈkaʊˌbeɪn[/t]] n. bot (pln) any of several poisonous plants of the parsley family, as Oxypolis rigidior, of swampy areas of North America, or the water hemlock Cicuta maculata[/ex] • Etymology: 1770–80 … From formal English to slang
cowbane — /ˈkaʊbeɪn/ (say kowbayn) noun any of several umbelliferous plants regarded as poisonous to cattle, as the European water hemlock, Cicuta virosa …
cowbane — n. = water hemlock … Useful english dictionary
