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cicuta.

hemlock (Conium maculatum); hemlock juice (poison); shepherd's pipe (hemlock);

6 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kɪˈkuː.ta]Classical-Latin[t͡ʃiˈkuː.ta]
  1. a plant, poison hemlock, probably either Conium maculatum or Cicuta virosa

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  2. the juice of the hemlock given to prisoners as poison

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  3. a pipe or flute made from the stalks or stems of the hemlock

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Where this word comes from

From the same substrate source as English kex, Cornish kegis, and Welsh cegid (“hemlock”).

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