hemlock

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hemlock Definition

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

hemlock Synonyms

• California fern
• Conium maculatum
• hemlock
• hemlock tree
• Nebraska fern
• poison hemlock
• poison parsley
• winter fern