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What is "hemlock" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does hemlock mean in English? Meaning of hemlock definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "hemlock" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "hemlock": poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium

Noun

  • Meaning: poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
  • Example: Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock
  • Synonyms: hemlock
  • Hypernyms: phytotoxin plant toxin

    • Meaning of "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

    Noun

  • Meaning: 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
  • Synonyms: california fern conium maculatum hemlock nebraska fern poison hemlock poison parsley winter fern
  • Hypernyms: poisonous plant

    • Meaning of "hemlock": soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock

    Noun

  • Meaning: soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
  • Synonyms: hemlock
  • Hypernyms: wood

    • Meaning of "hemlock": an evergreen tree

    Noun

  • Meaning: an evergreen tree
  • Synonyms: hemlock hemlock tree
  • Hyponyms: black hemlock canadian hemlock carolina hemlock eastern hemlock mountain hemlock pacific hemlock spruce pine tsuga canadensis tsuga caroliniana tsuga heterophylla tsuga mertensiana west coast hemlock western hemlock
  • Hypernyms: conifer coniferous tree
  • Substance Holonyms: hemlock

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