Çi-cū'tȧ, n.

noun

Çi-cū'tȧ, n. [Lat., the hemlock given as poison, Sp., Pg., & It. cicuta, Pr. ciguda, Fr. ciguë.] (Bot.) A genus of poisonous, umbelliferous plants, of which the C. virosa, or water-hemlock, of Europe, called also cow-bane, is best known.

☞ The name Cicuta is sometimes applied to Conium maculatum, or officinal hemlock.