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spotted cowbane

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noun
a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.
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Also called musquash root, spotted hemlock.

Origin of spotted cowbane

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby spotted cowbane

Spotsylvania, spotted, spotted adder, spotted alfalfa aphid, spotted cavy, spotted cowbane, spotted crake, spotted crane's-bill, spotted deer, spotted dick, spotted dog
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How to use spotted cowbane in a sentence

  • Poison hemlock, spotted cowbane and Jamestown weed are very poisonous.

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