WATER HEMLOCK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas

Synonyms:

Cicuta verosa; water hemlock

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("water hemlock" is a kind of...):

poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

Holonyms ("water hemlock" is a member of...):

Cicuta; genus Cicuta (small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock)

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