Hemlock

['hemlɒk] or ['hɛmlɑk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an evergreen tree.

(noun.) soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock.

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; 'Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock'.

克里斯整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) 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.

(n.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, / Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce.

(n.) The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.

加勒特錄入

解釋/意思:

n. a genus of umbelliferous plants the most common species being the poisonous spotted hemlock used in medicine.

乔斯林編輯