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Hemlock

Hemlock Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hemlock? [n] an evergreen tree [n] soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock [n] 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 [n] poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hemlock: California fern \| Conium maculatum \| hemlock tree \| Nebraska fern \| poison hemlock \| poison parsley \| winter fern Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hemlock: beheading \| belladonna \| burning \| capital punishment \| castor-oil plant \| crucifixion \| deadly nightshade \| death camas \| decapitation \| decollation \| defenestration \| electrocution \| ergot \| execution \| foxglove \| fusillade \| garrote \| gassing \| hanging \| henbane \| horsetail \| jimsonweed \| judicial murder \| lapidation \| mayapple \| mescal bean \| monkshood \| necktie party \| poison ivy \| poison parsley \| poison sumac \| poisoning \| pokeweed \| shooting \| stoning \| strangling \| strangulation \| the ax \| the block \| the chair \| the gallows \| the gas chamber \| the guillotine \| the hot seat \| the rope See Also \| black hemlock \| Canadian hemlock \| Carolina hemlock \| conifer \| coniferous tree \| Conium \| eastern hemlock \| genus Conium \| genus Tsuga \| hemlock \| mountain hemlock \| Pacific hemlock \| phytotoxin \| plant toxin \| poisonous plant \| spruce pine \| Tsuga \| Tsuga canadensis \| Tsuga caroliniana \| Tsuga heterophylla \| Tsuga mertensiana \| west coast hemlock \| western hemlock \| wood Hemlock In Webster's Dictionary \Hem"lock\, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. (Bot.) 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}. Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by some thought to have been a decoction of {Cicuta virosa}, or water hemlock, by others, of {Conium maculatum}. 2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({Abies, or Tsuga, Canadensis}); hemlock spruce. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow. 3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. {Ground hemlock}, or {Dwarf hemlock}. See under {Ground}.

Hemlock Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hemlock?

[n] an evergreen tree
[n] soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
[n] 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
[n] poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"

Hemlock In Webster's Dictionary

\Hem"lock\, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic,
hymlic.]
1. (Bot.) 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}.

Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by
      some thought to have been a decoction of {Cicuta
      virosa}, or water hemlock, by others, of {Conium
      maculatum}.

2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({Abies,
   or Tsuga, Canadensis}); hemlock spruce.

         The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow.

3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.

{Ground hemlock}, or {Dwarf hemlock}. See under {Ground}.

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