Definition of hemlocks Hemlocks

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  • hemlocks (Noun)
    Plural of hemlock.

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Noun

Plural: hemlocks

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  wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"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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  • 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 📕

  • 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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