'Cicuta' definitions:
Definition of 'Cicuta'
From: WordNet
noun
Small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock [syn: Cicuta, genus Cicuta]
Definition of 'Cicuta'
From: GCIDE
- Cicuta \Ci*cu"ta\, n. [L., the poison hemlock.] (Bot.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The name cicuta is sometimes erroneously applied to Conium maculatum, or officinal hemlock. [1913 Webster]