Other Definitions hemlock (enc)
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Hemlock| Noun | 1. | hemlock - poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"phytotoxin, plant toxin - any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin | | | 2. | 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 poisonouspoisonous plant - a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism | | | 3. | hemlock - soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlockwood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees | | | 4. | hemlock - an evergreen treehemlock - soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock | |
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