Cicuta
See also: cicuta
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin cicūta (“poison hemlock”).
Proper noun
Cicuta f
- 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
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
- Category:Cicuta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Cicuta at USDA Plants database