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CICUTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cicuta mean?
• CICUTA (noun)
The noun CICUTA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock
Familiarity information: CICUTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cicuta; genus Cicuta
Hypernyms ("Cicuta" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Cicuta"):
Cicuta verosa; water hemlock (tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas)
spotted cowbane; spotted hemlock; spotted water hemlock (tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes)
Holonyms ("Cicuta" is a member of...):
Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)
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