Definition of hemlock. Meaning of hemlock. Synonyms of hemlock

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Definition of hemlock

Hemlock
Hemlock Hem"lock, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. (Bot.) 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. Note: 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. (Bot.) 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 under Ground.

Meaning of hemlock from wikipedia

- water hemlock and hemlock water-dropwort Tsuga, a genus of coniferous trees Hemlock, Indiana Hemlock, Michigan Hemlock, New York Hemlock, Ohio Hemlock, Tillamook...
- Conium maculatum, colloquially known as hemlock, poison hemlock or wild hemlock, is a highly poisonous flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae,...
- Tsuga canadensis, also known as eastern hemlock, eastern hemlock-spruce, or Canadian hemlock, and in the French-speaking regions of Canada as pruche du...
- Hemlock Grove is an American horror television series produced by Eli Roth and developed by Brian McGreevy and Lee Shipman. It is a production of Gaumont...
- Samuel Thompson Herring (born April 13, 1984), also known as Hemlock Ernst, is an American singer, rapper and actor from Baltimore, Maryland. He is best...
- ****anese hemlock may refer to: Tsuga diversifolia, or northern ****anese hemlock Tsuga sieboldii, or southern ****anese hemlock Dendrolimus superans, or...
- The Hemlock Society (sometimes called Hemlock Society USA) was an American right-to-die and ****isted suicide advocacy organization which existed from...
- Oenanthe crocata, hemlock water-dropwort (sometimes known as dead man's fingers) is a flowering plant in the carrot family, native to Europe, North Africa...
- The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens, and the Search for the Good Life is a 2010 po****r history book on the life of Socrates written by Bettany Hughes and...
- Adelges tsugae, the hemlock woolly adelgid (/əˈdɛl.dʒɪd/) or HWA, is an insect of the order Hemiptera (true bugs) native to East Asia. It feeds by sucking...