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cicuta

/sɪˈkjuːtə/

cicuta noun: hemlock.

Noun

cicuta (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Hemlock.
    • cicuta, or hemlock, is a strong poison in Greece, but with us it hath no such violent effects […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

Origin of cicuta

Borrowed from Latin cicūta. Apparently related to kex/kix.

Questions about cicuta

What does cicuta mean?
Cicuta means hemlock.
What part of speech is cicuta?
Cicuta is a noun.
How do you pronounce cicuta?
Cicuta is pronounced /sɪˈkjuːtə/.

Words near cicuta in the dictionary

  1. cicurated
  2. cicurates
  3. cicurating
  4. cicuration
  5. CICUs
  6. cicuta
  7. cicutoxin
  8. cicutoxins
  9. Cicuye
  10. Cicârlău
  11. Cicănești

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