Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. Manhattan State Beach is there.
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POISON HEMLOCK TURNS UP IN IOWA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 6/26/2007; 628 words
; ...issued the following news release: Poison hemlock has found its way to Iowa. The...resource managers report seeing more poison hemlock across the state perhaps due to...the seed." In ancient Greece, poison hemlock was used to poison political prisoners...
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GARBAGE IS SMART PLACE FOR POISON HEMLOCK ERGONOMIC GARDEN TOOLS TAKE STRESS OFF ARMS AND WRISTS.(GRACIOUS LIVING)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/11/2004; 700+ words
; ...mystery plant as Conium maculatum or poison hemlock. He says it is a native wildflower...time there's ever been one on poison hemlock. Whether it's new in...can tell the difference between poison hemlock and Queen Anne's lace...
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Poison hemlock spreading in Iowa
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 6/28/2007; ; 364 words
; DES MOINES (AP) - Poison hemlock, a flowering plant that carries toxins...Department of Natural Resources, said poison hemlock's stem is light green in...resource managers report seeing more poison hemlock across the state, perhaps...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+Business+News) "The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)")
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Poison Hemlock Plants Common in Orange County, Calif., Lowlands.
Newspaper article from: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 4/7/2002; 502 words
; ...One of the world's most famous poison plants is widespread in Orange County...stems and tufts of white flowers, poison hemlock can cause plenty of trouble...system. People sometimes mistake poison hemlock for other, edible seeds...
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TOWN AND COUNTRY; POISON HEMLOCK GROWS THROUGHOUT COUNTY
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 6/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...indicated that they don't know what poison hemlock looks like so I'm going to revisit...of identification and control. Poison hemlock is growing in large numbers...It is reputed to be the source of poison for Socrates. Since it is a biennial...
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JERRY MAHAN; POISON HEMLOCK FOUND BY MANY ROADS
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 6/3/2004; 700+ words
; Yes, poison hemlock is in bloom. Drive along any of our highways including U.S. 68 and U.S. 42, as well as some local roads to see this white...
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Gardening Mailbag: Ryegrass, Poison Ivy, Hemlock Tree, Picket Fence, Peace Lily, Plant Safety
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/26/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...large white oak has a 25-foot poison ivy vine that has been growing...Michael Pumple Sever the poison ivy vine just above ground...see results. Do not cut the poison ivy after spraying. Let it...selective herbicide. I think my hemlock tree has woolly adelgid. Can...
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Poisons.(Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox and the Killer Bean of Calabar)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Bookwatch; 8/1/2005; 428 words
; ...Peter Macinnis examines many different kinds of poisons and their history in Poisons: From Hemlock To Botox And The Killer Bean Of Calabar. From cosmetic and domestic poisons in history and literature to the use of poisons...
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HEMLOCK POISONS TOP DOC; Surgeon fights for life after eating plants on hillwalk.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 10/23/2001; 491 words
; ...poisoning himself. It's thought David Currie may have eaten hemlock while hill-walking in the Highlands at the weekend. After...other edible plant life. "It seems he may have picked some hemlock by mistake." A leading brain surgeon, Mr Currie has been...
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Hemlock, bacteria spark new MRLS dialogue
Magazine article from: DVM; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...and Clemson University pit an hemlock theory, the latter of which...telling evidence. Remember the poison hemlock idea? In the aftermath...enclosures when they found poison hemlock. "Not only was hemlock...than 1 in 10,000 chance that poison hemlock was not related to...
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poison hemlock
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
poison hemlock lethally poisonous herbaceous plant...paralysis, convulsions, and eventual death. Poison hemlock was used in ancient Greece in...root, spotted cowbane, and beaver poison, is the common species of E North America...
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hemlock
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
hemlock any tree of the genus Tsuga...America and Asia. The common hemlock of E North America is T...light. One of the two Western hemlocks ( T. heterophylla, the tallest...construction work. The ground hemlock is a species of yew . The poison hemlock and water hemlock...
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water hemlock
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
water hemlock see poison hemlock .
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poisonous plant
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...be poisonous to the touch (e.g., poison ivy, poison sumac), or orally toxic (e.g., poison hemlock, deadly amanita). Many poisonous plants...dosage. Some have been used for hunting poisons (e.g., strychnine) and for insecticides...
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carrot
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...and sweet cicely. A few members of the Umbelliferae produce lethal poison; it was one of these, the poison hemlock, that Socrates was compelled to take. The water hemlock is also poisonous. Carrots are classified in the division Magnoliophyta...
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