| 单词 | musquash root |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmusquash root musquash root n. (a) a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, with a highly poisonous root; (b) the spring beauty, Claytonia virginica (rare).Sense (b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > water hemlock cicutaa1398 water hemlock1764 cow-bane1776 musquash root1807 beaver-poison1857 1807 Massachusetts Spy 22 July Five children were lately poisoned in Scipio (New York) by eating Wild Parsnip or Musquash Root. 1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. 157 Spotted cowbane. Musquash-root. Beaver-poison. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 767/1 Musquash-root, an American name for Cicuta maculata; also Claytonia acutiflora. 1940 E. Early New Eng. Sampler 309 The Indian had told his grandmother..of a decoction of Cowbane (called Musquash Root) that would make a woman forever sterile. 1977 J. B. Moyle & E. W. Moyle Northland Wild Flowers 101/1 Water Hemlock (C. maculata). Also called Musquash Root... Ingestion of a small piece of tuber is sufficient to cause convulsions and death in humans. < as lemmas |
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