Water-hemlock
noun
1.
any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
water hemlock
noun
1.
another name for cowbane (sense 1)
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