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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

cow•bane n.

Plant Biologyany of several poisonous plants of the parsley family, as Oxypolis rigidior, of swampy areas of North America, or the water hemlock, Cicuta maculata.

cow¹ + bane 1770–80

'cowbane' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

musquash root - parsley family - spotted cowbane

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