Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: California fern, Conium maculatum, hemlock tree, Nebraska fern, poison hemlock, poison parsley, winter fern

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

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