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Definition of Hemlocks
1. hemlock [n] - See also: hemlock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemlocks
Literary usage of Hemlocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"hemlocks are important ornamental trees. They come readily from seed, ...
All hemlocks have bark rich in tannin. The west American species are all large ..."
2. The Important Timber Trees of the United States: A Manual of Practical by Simon Bolivar Elliott (1912)
"THE hemlocks THERE are three species of hemlocks indigenous to the United States,
... In general characteristics the hemlocks much resemble the Spruces, ..."
3. Through the Year with Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Herbert Wendell Gleason (1917)
"As I was paddling [up the Assa- bet] past the uppermost hemlocks I saw two peculiar
and plump birds near me on the bank there which reminded me of the cow ..."
4. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Ground-hemlocks and various Pines. Of lower seed-plants there are five living and at
... Ground-hemlocks. The yews are represented by a single species, ..."
5. Arbor Day, Its History, Observance, Spirit and Significance: Its History by Robert Haven Schauffler (1909)
"IN THE hemlocks* BY JOHN BURROUGHS From Wake-Robin THE ancient hemlocks, whither
I propose to take the reader, are rich in many things beside birds. ..."
6. Arbor Day: Its History, Observation, Spirit and Significance by Robert Haven Schauffler (1909)
"IN THE hemlocks* BY JOHN BURROUGHS From Wake-Robin THE ancient hemlocks, whither
I propose to take the reader, are rich in many things beside birds. ..."
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