Uk Natural History 15/6

[tiffy]

please can someone help
no 11 what was the insane root that the witches in macbeth used 8 letters i can only find hemlock which has 7 letters someon e said 8 letters is right thank you for any help tiffy

[Tilly2]

'Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark.'

Is there another word for hemlock?

[Tilly2]

Apiaceae?

[bookbinder]

Plenty of choice of synonyms for hemlock here:
http://www.synonyms.net/synonym/hemlock

[Captain2]

We could only find henbane as an alternative last week - still a letter short

[tiffy]

to tilly2 bookbinder and captain 2 thank you so much its driving me nuts i will look in to other names for hemlock but its a bit obscure for a question thanks tiffy

[Captain2]

Where did you see '8 letters was right' tiffy?

[pixie374]

Also yewslips. But not sure that's a root.

[bookbinder]

The question does seem to be rather unfair, given that Shakespeare did not (apparently) specify the 'insane root'.

[Tilly2]

Plus, hemlock kills rather than makes you insane. :-)

[tiffy]

thank you all for help to captain2 i saw someone had queried 8 letters on answerbank and was told it was right thanks everybody tiffy