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Hemlock

The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.

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Conifer 76% connected

A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.

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plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Apophysis noun · 86% connection

(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

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Coma noun · 86% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Fern noun · 86% connection

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Flowering plant noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Germ tube noun · 86% connection

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(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

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Aconite noun · 78% connection

any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowe…

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Angelica noun · 78% connection

any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in comp…

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Asp noun · 78% connection

A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. The name is also a…

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Axis noun · 78% connection

The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).

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Basil noun · 78% connection

The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush…

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Bean noun · 78% connection

A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.

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Bedstraw noun · 78% connection

A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers.

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Blowball noun · 78% connection

any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluf…

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Cicutoxin noun · 78% connection

The active principle of the water hemlock (Cicuta) extracted as a poisonous gummy substance.

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Conium noun · 78% connection

A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves.

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Cowbane noun · 78% connection

A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. Se…

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Dandelion noun · 78% connection

any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluf…

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