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1. (n.) hemlock
a poisonous plant, Conium maculatum, of the parsley family, having finely divided leaves and umbels of small white flowers.
2. hemlock
a poisonous drink made from this plant.
3. hemlock
any of various related plants, esp. of the genus Cicuta, as the water hemlock.
4. hemlock
Also called hemlock spruce. any of several tall coniferous trees of the genus Tsuga, of the pine family, having short, blunt needles and small cones.
5. hemlock
the soft, light wood of a hemlock tree, used in making paper and in construction.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME hemlok, humlok, OE hymlic, hemlic; perh. akin to OE hymele hop plant)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hemlock
poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
"Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"
2. (noun) hemlock, poison hemlock, poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter fern, Conium maculatum
large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
3. (noun) hemlock
soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
4. (noun) hemlock, hemlock tree
an evergreen tree
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Hemlock
the name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium
2. (noun) Hemlock
an evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, / Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce
3. (noun) Hemlock
the wood or timber of the hemlock tree
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Hemlock
Any of several poisonous plants, commonly called poison hemlock, of the CICUTA or CONIUM genus. The hemlock tree (TSUGA) is completely unrelated being a coniferous tree of the pine family.
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