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Cicuta  n.  (Bot.) A genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known. Note: The name cicuta is sometimes erroneously applied to Conium maculatum, or officinal hemlock.





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... symptoms.—Absolute rest; venesection; nauseating doses of antimonials; warm poultices and fomentations; opium; hyosciamus and cicuta in sufficient doses to lessen pain and irritation. For the sloughing ulcer, stimulating applications are often useful; such as Venice turpentine or balsam copaibae, mixed with ...
— North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 • Various
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... of acid. They dye black with an ink made of elder bark and a little bog-iron-ore, dried and pounded, and they have various modes of producing yellow. The deepest colour is obtained from the dried root of a plant which from their description appears to be cowbane (Cicuta virosa). An inferior colour is obtained from the bruised buds of the Dutch myrtle and they have discovered methods of dyeing ...
— The Journey to the Polar Sea • John Franklin
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Words linked to "Cicuta" :   Cicuta verosa, spotted hemlock, Apiaceae, spotted cowbane, spotted water hemlock, genus Cicuta


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