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Cicuta virosa
(gcide) | 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, Cicuta bulbifera, and {Cicuta
virosa}, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.
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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}.
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2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({Abies
Canadensis} or Tsuga Canadensis); hemlock spruce.
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The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow.
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3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
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Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground.
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Cicuta virosa
(gcide) | Water hemlock \Wa"ter hem"lock\ (Bot)
(a) A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of
Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus.
(b) A poisonous plant ([OE]nanthe crocata) resembling the
above.
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Cicuta virosa
(gcide) | 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.
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