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Definition of Cicuta maculata

Cicuta maculata
Musquash Mus"quash, n. [American Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.) See Muskrat. Musquash root (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Cicuta maculata), having a poisonous root. See Water hemlock.
Cicuta 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, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium. Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by some thought to have been a decoction of Cicuta virosa, or water hemlock, by others, of Conium maculatum. 2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, or Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow. 3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground.
Cicuta maculata
Cowbane Cow"bane` (kou"b[=a]n`), n. (Bot.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock.

Meaning of Cicuta maculata from wikipedia

- Cicuta maculata is a highly poisonous species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by several common names, including spotted water hemlock,...
- small in size. Cicuta douglasii, showing the umbrella shaped umbel of flowers Cicuta bulbifera Leaves of Cicuta maculata The genus Cicuta is one of many...
- due to its similarity to the highly poisonous spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata). Sium suave, also widely known as water parsnip, is a wildflower native...
- Guinean moth Chrysometa maculata, a long-jawed orb weaver Chusquea maculata, a South American mountain bamboo Cicuta maculata, a plant native to North...
- produced by several plants from the family Apiaceae including water hemlock (Cicuta species) and water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata). The compound contains polyene...
- graveolens Cutleaf waterparsnip, Berula erecta Spotted water hemlock, Cicuta maculata' Canadian honewort, Cryptotaenia canadensis Queen Anne's lace, Daucus...
- suave. It is easily confused with the highly toxic water hemlock (Cicuta maculata). Berula species are perennial, aquatic to semi-aquatic, herbaceous...
- be taken as the flowers resemble those of the extremely poisonous Cicuta maculata. Indigenous North Americans have had a variety of uses for cow parsnip...
- 32 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October. The larvae feed on Cicuta maculata, Angelica atropurpurea, and Sium suave. They bore in the stems of their...
- about 42 mm. The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Cicuta maculata. BugGuide "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern...