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  • '''''Eranthis''''' ('''Winter aconite''') is a [[genus]] of eight [[species]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Ranunculaceae]] ( [[Image:Eranthis hyemalis.jpg|left|thumb|Foliage at the end of flowering]]
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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
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  • ...f [[Europe]] and western [[Asia]], north to northern [[Scandinavia]] and [[Russia]]. In southern Europe it is confined to medium to higher elevations and in ''Daphne mezereum'' is very toxic because of the [[daphnetoxin]] present especially in the berries and twigs. If poisone
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  • ...erry''', '''Eurasian Baneberry''', or '''Herb Christopher''') is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the genus ''[[Actaea]]'', native to [[Europe]] and w ...FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Actaea&SPECIES_XREF=spicata&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Actaea spicata'']
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  • ...at Lakes]] region and was first spotted in 1843<ref>{{cite web |title=List of invasive species in the Great Lakes Great Lakes United / Union Saint-Lauren ...shaped, and often lobed at the base. The [[flower]]s are in loose clusters of 3–20, (1–1.5&nbsp;cm) across, star-shaped, with five purple petals and
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  • ...hite flowers striped with green. There are numerous members of the genus, of which ''O. umbellatum'' is perhaps the best-known: :''[[Ornithogalum arabicum|O. arabicum]]'' (Star-of-Bethlehem)
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  • ...te spring to summer in [[umbel]]liform [[inflorescence#Determinate|cyme]]s of about 4 flowers. ...is present in such small quantities that the LD50 dose would require >50g of raw herb to be ingested. [[Caffeic acid]] derivatives are also present.
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  • ...'''''Convallaria''''' in the flowering plant family [[Ruscaceae]] (or one of two, or three, if ''C. keiskei'' and ''C. transcaucasica'' are recognised a ...eason, Henry A. and Cronquist, Arthur, (1991), ''Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada'', New York Botanical Garden
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  • ...ists of dried flowers and leaves of plants selected to produce high levels of THC. Various extracts including [[hashish]] and [[hash oil]] are also produ ...tor3-first = Postgate|editor3-last = Nicholas|title = A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian|edition = |series = SANTAG|volume = 5|place = |publication-place =
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  • | image_alt = A short green plant with many elliptical shaped leaves of arcuate venation ...[cloud forest]] in the isolated [[Sierra Madre de Oaxaca|Sierra Mazateca]] of [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, growing in shady and moist locations.<ref name=Reisfiel
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