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Webster 1913 Edition


Cowbane

Cow′baneˊ

(kou′bānˊ)
,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the
Cicuta virosa
; in the United States, the
Cicuta maculata
and the
Archemora rigida
. See
Water hemlock
.