 hemlock |
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| 1. | [ noun ] soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock | |
| Related terms: | wood | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (botany) 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 | |
| Synonyms: | poison_parsley California_fern Nebraska_fern winter_fern Conium_maculatum poison_hemlock | |
| Related terms: | poisonous_plant Conium | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (biology,medicine,immunology,pharmacology) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium | |
| Examples: | "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock" |
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| Related terms: | phytotoxin | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (botany) an evergreen tree | |
| Synonyms: | hemlock_tree | |
| Related terms: | conifer eastern_hemlock mountain_hemlock western_hemlock Carolina_hemlock Tsuga | |
