water hemlock
water hemlock
nounDefinition of WATER HEMLOCK
: a tall poisonous Eurasian perennial herb (Cicuta virosa) of the carrot family; also : any of several poisonous North American plants (especially Cicuta maculata and C. douglasii) of the same genus — compare poison hemlock
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circa 1764
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