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Definition: Cicuta maculata
Musquash
\Mus"quash\, n. [American Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.)
See
Muskrat.
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Musquash root (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (
Cicuta maculata
), having a poisonous root. See
Water hemlock.
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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.
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Hemlock
\Hem"lock\, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic,
hymlic.]
1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs
having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the
Cicuta maculata,
Cicuta bulbifera, and
Cicuta virosa
, and the
Conium maculatum. See
Conium.
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Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by
some thought to have been a decoction of
Cicuta virosa
, or water hemlock, by others, of
Conium maculatum
.
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2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America (
Abies Canadensis
or
Tsuga Canadensis); hemlock spruce.
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The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow.
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3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
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Ground hemlock, or
Dwarf hemlock. See under
Ground.
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