Cicuta

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin cicūta (“poison hemlock”). === Proper noun === Cicuta f A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – water hemlocks, highly toxic plants of four similar species, native to the temperate to cold regions of the Norther Hemisphere, easily confused with edible plants. ==== Synonyms ==== Cicutaria, Keraskomion ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Apiales – order; Apiaceae – family; Apioideae – subfamily; Oenantheae – tribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Cicuta virosa (northern water hemlock) – type species; Cicuta bulbifera, Cicuta douglasii (western water hemlock), Cicuta maculata (spotted water hemlock, spotted parsley, spotted cowbane) – other species === References === Cicuta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Cicuta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Cicuta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Cicuta at USDA Plants database