Associations to the word «Hemlock»

Wiktionary

HEMLOCK, noun. Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.
HEMLOCK, noun. Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera
HEMLOCK, noun. Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.
HEMLOCK, noun. Cicuta, water hemlock plant.
HEMLOCK, noun. The poison obtained from these Conium and Cicuta plants.
HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID, noun. An insect of the species Adelges tsugae.
HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGIDS, noun. Plural of hemlock woolly adelgid

Dictionary definition

HEMLOCK, noun. Poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock".
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.
HEMLOCK, noun. Soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock.
HEMLOCK, noun. An evergreen tree.

Wise words

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