Hemlock
['hemlɒk] or ['hɛmlɑk]
Definition
(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'.
Inputed by Chris--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typed by Garrett
Definition
n. a genus of umbelliferous plants the most common species being the poisonous spotted hemlock used in medicine.
Checked by Jocelyn
Examples
- Beth was sorting the cones that lay thick under the hemlock near by, for she made pretty things with them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She shrank from the little jungle of rank plants before her, evil-smelling figwort and hemlock. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The oak, fir, hemlock and sumach are the most familiar of the many trees from which tannin is obtained for this purpose. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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