(n.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known.
Example Sentences:
(1) A 54-year-old man had a severe case of cicutoxin poisoning following the ingestion of water hemlock (Cicuta maculate).
(2) Confirmation of the presence of cicuta poisoning is done by analysis for cicutoxin in either the roots of the plants on which the animals were grazing or on the root material removed from the esophageal groove.
(3) Cicuta douglasii is found in all of our western states, is extremely toxic and can easily be confused with wild parsnip or carrot.
(4) The hemlocks, Conium maculatum (poison-hemlock) and Cicuta spp.
Cowbane
Definition:
(n.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock.