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hemlock (enc)

Hemlock

Noun1.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 poisonous
Conium, genus Conium - small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock
poisonous 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 hemlock
hemlock tree, hemlock - an evergreen tree
wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
4.hemlock - an evergreen tree
genus Tsuga, Tsuga - hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce
hemlock - soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, spruce pine, Tsuga canadensis - common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
Carolina hemlock, Tsuga caroliniana - medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales
black hemlock, mountain hemlock, Tsuga mertensiana - large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock
Pacific hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, west coast hemlock, western hemlock - tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree
conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

 

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