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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hemlock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | california fern, conium maculatum, nebraska fern, poison hemlock, poison parsley, winter fern |
| Type of | poisonous plant |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hemlock tree |
| Type of | conifer, coniferous tree |
| Has types | carolina hemlock, black hemlock, canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, mountain hemlock, pacific hemlock, spruce pine, tsuga canadensis, tsuga caroliniana, tsuga heterophylla, tsuga mertensiana, west coast hemlock, western hemlock |
hemlock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | phytotoxin, plant toxin |
Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock.
hemlock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | wood |
Examples of hemlock
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This gives hemlock trees that soft, horizontal, wispy, flat-branched appearance.
From the dispatch.com
It is also possible that some hemlock stands will escape infestation by the HWA.
From the newsobserver.com
Confronted with formidable offenses, the choice is sometimes hemlock or cyanide.
From the usatoday.com
Colorado blue spruce and hemlock, at home in the cold, might have a harder time.
From the washingtonpost.com
The forest was up to 85 percent hemlock and white pine, with the rest hardwoods.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Hemlock bark was used to tan leather, which was how Lake Luzerne originally grew.
From the timesunion.com
The hemlock woolly adelgid, native to Asia, was discovered in Virginia in 1951.
From the sacbee.com
Pliny also notes that an application of hemlock was used to suppress lactation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There is a photo of a black-throated green warbler in an eastern hemlock tree.
From the kentucky.com
- Poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking 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
- Soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
- An evergreen tree
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- Any of several poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera Conium and Cicuta; the poison obtained from these plants; Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees
- A straight-grained species of softwood, like fir or spruce, used in door construction, usually of a lighter color than fir.
- The vulgar name for the poisonous plant Conium maculatum and/or its extract.
