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Hemlock Common

Hemlock has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium

"Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"

2

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

soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock

4

an evergreen tree

5

Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera

6

Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
plant toxin poisonous plant wood conifer
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
eastern hemlock Carolina hemlock mountain hemlock western hemlock
Rhyming Words
ock bock nock rock tock dock hock sock jock pock mock cock zock lock yock stock knock chock acock slock
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