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Definition of Hemlock

1. Noun. Poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium. "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"

2. Noun. 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.

3. Noun. Soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock.

4. Noun. An evergreen tree.

Definition of Hemlock

1. 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.

Definition of Hemlock

1. a poisonous herb [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hemlock

1. 1. 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. The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by some thought to have been a decoction of Cicuta virosa, or water hemlock, by others, of Conium maculatum. 2. An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, or Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce. "The murmuring pines and the hemlocks." (Longfellow) 3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See Ground. Origin: OE. Hemeluc, humloc, AS. Hemlic, hymlic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemlock

hemitropy hemitruncus hemivertebra hemizona assay hemizygosity hemizygos vein hemizygote hemizygotic hemizygous hemizygous

hemizygous gene hemizygous vein hemline hemlines hemlock (current term) hemlock (current term) hemlocks hemlock tree hemlock water dropwort hemmed

hemmer hemmers hemming hemming-stitch Hemminge hemming filter hemochromatoses hemochromatosis hemocoel hemocoels

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