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cowbane definition

cow·bane (ko̵u′bān′)

noun

  1. any of several water hemlocks with intensely poisonous roots and clusters of small white flowers
  2. any other plant that is poisonous to cattle, as locoweed

Etymology: cow + bane

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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