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spotted cowbane

noun

  1. a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.


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Origin of spotted cowbane1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Poison hemlock, spotted cowbane and Jamestown weed are very poisonous.

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Twice or thrice pinnate leaves, toothed like a tenon saw, with conspicuous veins ending in the notches, brand it as the beaver poison, otherwise known as the musquash root and spotted cowbane.

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