cicuta Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Ci*cu"ta noun
Etymology
L., the poison hemlock.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known. ✍ The name cicuta is sometimes erroneously applied to Conium maculatum, or officinal hemlock.

Webster 1913