hemlock, n.
(hemlocks)
(hemlocks)
an evergreen tree
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hemlock hemlock tree
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soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
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hemlock
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
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California fern Conium maculatum Nebraska fern hemlock poison hemlock poison parsley winter fern
poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
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hemlock
sample sentences
"Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"
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