cow|bane

cow|bane
cow|bane «KOW BAYN», noun.
any one of various plants of the parsley family, reputedly poisonous to cattle, such as the spotted cowbane, a North American plant with poisonous roots.

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  • cowbane — cow•bane [[t]ˈkaʊˌbeɪn[/t]] n. bot (pln) any of several poisonous plants of the parsley family, as Oxypolis rigidior, of swampy areas of North America, or the water hemlock Cicuta maculata[/ex] • Etymology: 1770–80 …   From formal English to slang

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  • Cicuta maculata — Cowbane Cow bane (kou b[=a]n ), n. (Bot.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the {Cicuta virosa}; in the United States, the {Cicuta maculata} and the {Archemora rigida}. See {Water hemlock}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cicuta virosa — Cowbane Cow bane (kou b[=a]n ), n. (Bot.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the {Cicuta virosa}; in the United States, the {Cicuta maculata} and the {Archemora rigida}. See {Water hemlock}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • spotted cowbane — spotted cow·bane kau̇ .bān n a tall biennial No. American herb of the genus Cicuta (C. maculata) chiefly of wetlands of northeastern No. America with clusters of tuberous roots that resemble small sweet potatoes and are extremely poisonous called …   Medical dictionary

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