SPOTTED COWBANE

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Meaning:

Tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes

Synonyms:

spotted cowbane; spotted hemlock; spotted water hemlock

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("spotted cowbane" is a kind of...):

poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

Holonyms ("spotted cowbane" is a member of...):

Cicuta; genus Cicuta (small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock)

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