water-hemlock

  • 51Cicuta bulbifera — Hemlock Hem lock, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the {Cicuta maculata}, {Cicuta bulbifera}, and {Cicuta virosa}, and… …

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  • 52Cicuta maculata — Hemlock Hem lock, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the {Cicuta maculata}, {Cicuta bulbifera}, and {Cicuta virosa}, and… …

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  • 53Cicuta virosa — Hemlock Hem lock, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the {Cicuta maculata}, {Cicuta bulbifera}, and {Cicuta virosa}, and… …

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  • 54Cicuta virosa — Hemlock Hem lock, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the {Cicuta maculata}, {Cicuta bulbifera}, and {Cicuta virosa}, and… …

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  • 55Conium maculatum — Hemlock Hem lock, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the {Cicuta maculata}, {Cicuta bulbifera}, and {Cicuta virosa}, and… …

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  • 56Conium maculatum — Hemlock Hem lock, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the {Cicuta maculata}, {Cicuta bulbifera}, and {Cicuta virosa}, and… …

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  • 57Tsuga Canadensis — Hemlock Hem lock, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the {Cicuta maculata}, {Cicuta bulbifera}, and {Cicuta virosa}, and… …

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  • 58Cicuta virosa — Water hemlock Wa ter hem lock (Bot) (a) A poisonous umbelliferous plant ({Cicuta virosa}) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus. (b) A poisonous plant ({[OE]nanthe crocata}) resembling the above. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 59OEnanthe crocata — Water hemlock Wa ter hem lock (Bot) (a) A poisonous umbelliferous plant ({Cicuta virosa}) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus. (b) A poisonous plant ({[OE]nanthe crocata}) resembling the above. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 60waterhemlock — water hemlock n. Any of several poisonous, heavy scented, perennial herbs of the genus Cicuta, especially C. maculata, of marshy areas in eastern and central North America, having compound umbels of small white flowers and bipinnately compound… …

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