GENUS CICUTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cicuta mean? 

• GENUS CICUTA (noun)
  The noun GENUS CICUTA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock

  Familiarity information: GENUS CICUTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CICUTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cicuta; genus Cicuta

Hypernyms ("genus Cicuta" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cicuta"):

Cicuta verosa; water hemlock (tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas)

spotted cowbane; spotted hemlock; spotted water hemlock (tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes)

Holonyms ("genus Cicuta" is a member of...):

Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)