| 单词 | water hemlock |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater hemlock water hemlock n. various species of Cicuta and Œnanthe.extracted from hemlockn.water hemlock water hemlock n. (also †water hemlocks) any of various poisonous umbelliferous plants of wet or marshy areas, belonging to the genera Cicuta (cowbanes) and Oenanthe (water dropworts). ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. ccccxiv. 902 Water Homlocks..riseth vp with a thicke, fat, and emptie hollowe stalke. 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 117 Water-wort, Water-hemlock, or Water-skeleton, is esteemed a fatal poison to Horses. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 208 The cicuta virosa, or water-hemlock, the leaves of which have been mistaken for smallage. 1987 P. C. Newman Caesars of Wilderness ii. xi. 282 The beaver, it turned out, had been feeding on poison parsnip (water hemlock). < as lemmas |
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