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Definitions of cowbane in various dictionaries:
A perennial North American herb (Oxypolis rigidior) having pinnately compound leaves and umbels of small white flowers.
Any of several related plants, such as the water hemlock.
noun - a poisonous plant
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any of a number of tall poisonous plants of the parsley family, growing in swampy or wet habitats. |
Any of a number of tall poisonous plants of the parsley family, growing in swampy or wet habitats. |
A perennial North American herb (Oxypolis rigidior) having pinnately compound leaves and umbels of small white flowers. |
Any of several related plants, such as the water hemlock. |
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Cicuta virosa, the cowbane or northern water hemlock, is a species of Cicuta, native to northern and central Europe, northern Asia and northwestern North America. It is a perennial herbaceous plant which grows up to 12 m tall. The stems are smooth, branching, swollen at the base, purple-striped, and hollow except for partitions at the junction of the leaves and stem. In cross section the stems have one flat side and the other sides are rounded. The leaves are alternate, tripinnate, only coarsely toothed, unlike the ferny, lacy leaves found in many other members of the family Apiaceae. The flowers are small, white and clustered in umbrella shaped inflorescences typical of the family. The many flowered umbellets have unequal pedicels that range from 5 to 11 cm long during fruiting. An oily, yellow liquid oozes from cuts to the stems and roots. This liquid has a rank smell resembling that of parsnips or carrots. The plant may be mistaken for parsnip due to its clusters of white tuberous r |