Toxic plant in the carrot family (7)

I believe the answer is:

hemlock

(Other definitions for hemlock that I've seen before include "Poisonous drug" , "Poison killing Socrates" , "Poisonous plant" , "Socrates's poison" , "Socratic poison" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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