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...ps]] or carrots. The plant may be mistaken for parsnip due to its clusters of white tuberous [[root]]s. ...certainly the Greek [[philosopher]] [[Socrates]] drank a cup of some kind of hemlock infusion at his execution in [[399 BC]]. ''Cicuta virosa'' is howev

...t plant by farmers with livestock. The species has acquired a large number of common names within its native range, including American False Hellebore, A ...px?sciname=Veratrum+viride ''Veratrum viride'']</ref><ref name=jeps>Jepson Flora [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Veratrum+viride ''V

...er=[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/interchange/I_treat_indexes.html University of California Berkley Jepson Treaments] |accessdate=2009-06-05}}</ref> ...ography |author=Holt, Catharine |date=1946 |page=310 |publisher=University of California, Berkeley}}</ref> The seeds were used to make [[Pinole (staple)|

...bia]], and has extensive applications for the indigenous [[First Nations]] of the [[Pacific Northwest]].<ref name="Gymnosperm">Gymnosperm Database: [http ....<ref name="Gymnosperm"/><ref name="Farjon">Farjon, A. (2005). ''Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys''. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-06