Cicuta

See also: cicuta

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin cicūta (“poison hemlock”).

Proper noun

Cicuta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – water hemlocks, highly toxic plants of four similar species, native to the temperate to cold regions of the Norther Hemisphere, easily confused with edible plants.

Synonyms

• Cicutaria, Keraskomion

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Apiales - order; Apiaceae - family; Apioideae – subfamily; Oenantheae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cicuta virosa (northern water hemlock) – type species; Cicuta bulbifera, Cicuta douglasii (western water hemlock), Cicuta maculata (spotted water hemlock, spotted parsley, spotted cowbane) – other species

References

• Cicuta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cicuta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cicuta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cicuta at USDA Plants database