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Definition: Cicuta |
CicutaNoun1. Small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Cicuta" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Etymology: Cicuta \Ci*cu"ta\, noun. [Latin expression, the poison hemlock.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Cicuta In Latin cicuta means the length of a reed up to the knot, such as the internodes made into a Pan-pipe. Hence Virgil (Ecl. ii. 36) describes a Pan-pipe as "septem compacta cicutis fistula." It is called Cow-bane, because cows not unfrequently eat it, but are killed by it. It is one of the most poisonous of plants, and some think it made the fatal draught given to Socratês. "Sicut cicuta homini venenum est, sic cicutæ vinum."- Pliny, xiv. 7. "Quæ poterunt unquam satis expurgare cicutæ." Horace: 2 Epist. ii. 53. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: CicutaSynonym: genus Cicuta (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cicuta |
| English words defined with "Cicuta": Cicuta verosa, Cicutoxin, Cowbane ♦ genus Cicuta. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cicuta" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (hemlock), Latin (hemlock), Portuguese (cicuta, hemoglobin), Spanish (cicuta, hemlock, poison hemlock). |
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 | Medium shot of Cicuta douglasii. Credit: John Craig. |  | Closeup shot of Cicuta douglasii. Credit: John Craig. |
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Expressions using "Cicuta": Cicuta bulbifera ♦ Cicuta maculata ♦ Cicuta verosa ♦ Cicuta virosa ♦ genus Cicuta. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cicuta | 11 |
cicuta virosa | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "Cicuta"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Portuguese | cicuta (hemoglobin). (various references) | |
Spanish | cicuta (hemlock, poison hemlock). (various references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "Cicuta" (pronounced 'Ci*cu"ta'): Abranchiata, Albata, Amanita, Amniota, Amrita, Annellata, Annulata, Anotta, Anta, Aorta, Aplacentata, Appendiculata, Aprocta, Argonauta, Arista, Articulata, Atlanta, Avesta, Bafta, Ballista, Baryta, Basta, Battuta, Berretta, beta, Bonetta, Brachiata, Burletta, Cantata, Carromata, Catallacta, Caudata, Cephalata, Charta, Chiretta, Chordata, Ciliata, Cirrobranchiata, Coaita, Codetta, Comedietta, Costa, Cotta, Craniota, Crusta, Cryptobranchiata, Cuesta, Decacerata, Deciduata, Dejecta. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-t-u" | |
-1 letter: cacti. | |
-3 letters: act, ait, cat, cut, tau, tic, tui, uta. | |
-4 letters: ai, at, it, ta, ti, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-t-u" | |
+1 letter: caustic. | |
+2 letters: acoustic, caducity, caustics, cruciate, cuneatic, cuticula. | |
+3 letters: acoustics, autarchic, casuistic, circuital, circulate, cuticulae, cuticular, encaustic, inculcate, practicum, subarctic, succinate, ultrachic. | |
+4 letters: accounting, accoutring, accusation, accusative, acoustical, antichurch, articulacy, autocratic, buccinator, caducities, caricature, causticity, circulated, circulates, circulator, cunctation, cunctative, encaustics, excruciate, inaccurate, inculcated, inculcates, inculcator, inductance, occupation, parachutic, practicums, subarctics, succinates, uncritical, undidactic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 69 63 75 74 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .. -.-. ..- - .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101001 01100011 01110101 01110100 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C i c u t a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0069 0063 0075 0074 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)377569878667 |
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Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | inglês, inglés |
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