Definition of hemlock Hemlock
/hɛˈmlɑˌk/ - [hemlak] - hem•lock
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NounPlural: hemlocks |
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| hemlock - an evergreen tree | ||
| hemlock tree | ||
| conifer, coniferous tree any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones | ||
| genus tsuga, tsuga hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce | ||
| hemlock an evergreen tree | ||
| canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, tsuga canadensis, spruce pine common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood | ||
| carolina hemlock, tsuga caroliniana medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales | ||
| black hemlock, mountain hemlock, tsuga mertensiana large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock | ||
| hemlock - soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock | ||
| wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard" | ||
| 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 | ||
| poison hemlock, poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter fern, Conium maculatum | ||
| poisonous plant a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism | ||
| hemlock - poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- hemlock (Noun)
The poison obtained from these plants. - hemlock (Noun)
Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America ; the wood of such trees.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hemlock (n.)
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. - hemlock (n.)
An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, / Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce. - hemlock (n.)
The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hemlock
hem′lok, n. a genus of umbelliferous plants, the most common species being the poisonous spotted hemlock, used in medicine. [A.S. hemlic, the second syllable a weakened form of leác, a plant. Cf. Charlock, Garlic.]
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🔤- hemlock, noun, singular of hemlocks.
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