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CICUTA VEROSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cicuta verosa mean?
• CICUTA VEROSA (noun)
The noun CICUTA VEROSA has 1 sense:
1. tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas
Familiarity information: CICUTA VEROSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cicuta verosa; water hemlock
Hypernyms ("Cicuta verosa" is a kind of...):
poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)
Holonyms ("Cicuta verosa" is a member of...):
Cicuta; genus Cicuta (small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock)
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