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Water Hemlock can be indentified by using your sense of smell and vision. At the base of the Water Hemlock stem (the part near the root) there will always be purple spots and a greenish-bluish appearence. If you break the stem and smell it, it will smell of mice, or a funky animal smell. No other plant similar to Water Hemlock will have these characteristics.
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What is a poison used in ancient Greece?
It was hemlock. :)
What poison did sacrotes drink?
Hemlock
How poision hemlock got to the US?
Conium maculatum (Hemlock or Poison Hemlock), is native to Europe and North America.
What is the use of poison hemlok?
Ancient Romans and Greeks used poison hemlock to poison their arrows.
Are there weeds that have poisin?
yes,there is a weed have poison some examples are death camas,poison hemlock
How to get rid of poison hemlock?
put hot sauce ion it
What happens if you ingest hemlock?
Hemlock was the poison used to kill Socrates. He got colder and colder and then he fell over dead.
What was the poison called that killed Socrates?
The poison used to kill Socrates was called hemlock. It is a poisonous plant that causes respiratory failure and ultimately leads to death. Socrates was sentenced to consume a cup of hemlock as a method of execution in ancient Athens.
Who was poisoned by hemlock?
The Greek philosopher Socrates is famously known to have been sentenced to death by drinking a cup of hemlock poison in 399 BC. He was accused of corrupting the young minds of Athens and impiety towards the city's gods.
What Greek philosopher killed himself with hemlock?
This was Socrates who was forced to take hemlock, a deadly poison.
What kind of hemlock is poison?
There are many types of hemlock. Conium consists of two species, both of which are toxic. Water Hemlock and Hemlock Water Dropwort are both also poisonous. However, Hemlock (Tsuga) is the genus name of a type of coniferous trees, which are not toxic.
What herb did Socrates use to kill himself?
Socrates used poison hemlock to kill himself. Hemlock is a highly toxic plant that affects the central nervous system, leading to respiratory failure and death.
