Cicuta \Ci*cu"ta\, n. [L., the poison hemlock.] (Bot.)
a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water
hemlock or cowbane is best known.
Note: The name cicuta is sometimes erroneously applied to
Conium maculatum, or officinal hemlock.
Cicuta
n : small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous
tuberous roots: water hemlock [syn: {genus Cicuta}]