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hemlock
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As a noun, hemlock means any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera.
Meanings of hemlock
9 meaningsnoun
Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera
Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.
Cicuta, water hemlock plant.
The poison obtained from these Conium and Cicuta plants.
Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.
Poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
“Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”
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 poisonousplant
Similar: poison hemlock, poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter fern, Conium maculatumSoft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlockplant
An evergreen tree, could refer to any one of a genus of conifers named Tsugaplant
Similar: hemlock tree
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