genus cicuta

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   small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock

   SynonymsCicuta

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofUmbelliferae

Questions about genus cicuta

What does genus cicuta mean?

genus cicuta means "small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock".

What is another word for genus cicuta?

Close synonyms include Cicuta. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus cicuta a common word?

genus cicuta is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.