hemlock

Noun

Meaning

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.

An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, / Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce.

The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

poison hemlock Conium maculatum poison parsley cowbane hemlock tree California fern Nebraska fern winter fern herb fir douglas fir spruce conifer balsam belladonna
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Hypernyms

conifer wood phytotoxin coniferous tree poisonous plant plant toxin

Hyponyms

eastern hemlock Canadian hemlock mountain hemlock spruce pine black hemlock Carolina hemlock

Phrases with the word

west coast hemlock hemlock pine eastern hemlock pine eastern hemlock spruce pine eastern hemlock tree hemlock spruce fir

Anagrams

Kolchem

Examples

Only one marriage I regret. I remember after I got that marriage license I went across from the license bureau to a bar for a drink. The bartender said, ''What will you have, sir'' And I said, ''A glass of hemlock.'' Ernest Hemingway

The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued. Robert Frost

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. Denis Diderot

Clearly this was no time to ask if they should first define their terms. Nor, for that matter, had Socrates had to define the bowl of hemlock. Avram Davidson

The little hemlock is sister to the great hemlock. Manx Proverb

I am a judge of cresses, said the peasant, as he was eating hemlock. Danish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

hemline hemline theory hemlined hemlock dwarf mistletoe hemlock fir hemlock leather