Aethusa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἴθουσᾰ (aíthousă, “poison hemlock, Conium maculatum”), feminine inflection of Ancient Greek αἴθων (aíthōn, “burning, blazing, lighting”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – fool's parsley, fool's cicely, poison parsley.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Apiales – order; Apiaceae – family; Apioideae – subfamily; Selineae – tribe

• (genus): Aethusa cynapium – sole species

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Ancient Greek Αἵθουσα (Haíthousa)

Aethusa

1. (Greek mythology) A daughter of Poseidon and the Pleiad Alcyone, daughter of Atlas. She was loved by Apollo and bore to him Eleuther and Linus.
2. Former name of Linosa (“Mediterranean island”).