cowbane

English

Etymology

From cow +‎ bane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊbeɪn/

Noun

cowbane (usually uncountable, plural cowbanes)

1. Any of several related poisonous plants of the genus Cicuta
2. Cicuta virosa, type species of this genus.

Synonyms

• (plant in Cicuta): water hemlock, poison parsnip
• (Cicuta virosa): northern water hemlock

Translations

plant of the genus Cicuta

Armenian: մոլեխինդ (hy) (molexind) Czech: rozpuk jízlivý m Danish: gifttyde c Dutch: waterscheerling (nl) Finnish: keiso (fi) French: ciguë aquatique (fr) f Galician: cicuta (gl) f German: Wasserschierling (de) m Japanese: ドクゼリ (dokuzeri) Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: selsnepe c Norwegian Nynorsk: selsnepe f Polish: szalej (pl) m Romanian: cucută-de-apă (ro) f Russian: вёх (ru) m (vjox) Swedish: sprängört (sv) c Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Cicuta virosa

Bulgarian: цикута отровна f (cikuta otrovna) Chinese: Mandarin: 毒芹 (zh) (dúqín) Finnish: myrkkykeiso (fi) German: Wasserschierling (de) m, Gift-Wasserschierling m, Wüterich (de) m Polish: szalej (pl) m, szalej jadowity m, cykuta (pl) f, wiech (pl) m, wioch m Russian: вёх ядови́тый m (vjox jadovítyj), цику́та (ru) f (cikúta) Shuswap: aynícw Turkish: su baldıranı (tr) Welsh: buladd m

Further reading

• cowbane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cicuta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia