Cicuta
See also: cicuta
Translingual
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Illustration_Cicuta_virosa0.jpg/220px-Illustration_Cicuta_virosa0.jpg)
Etymology
From Latin cicūta (“poison hemlock”).
Proper noun
Cicuta f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – four similar species of highly toxic plants, the water hemlocks, easily confused with edible plants.
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; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - tribe
References
Cicuta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cicuta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cicuta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Cicuta at USDA Plants database