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Detailed Synonyms for hemlock in English

hemlock:

hemlock [the ~] nom

  1. the hemlock
    – an evergreen tree 1
    the hemlock; the hemlock tree
    – an evergreen tree 1
  2. the hemlock
    – soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock 1
    the hemlock
    – soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock 1
  3. the 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 1
    the Conium maculatum; the winter fern; the poison hemlock; the Nebraska fern; the California fern; the poison parsley; the 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 1
  4. the hemlock
    – poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium 1
    the hemlock
    – poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium 1
    • hemlock [the ~] nom
      • Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock1

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Related Definitions for "hemlock":

  1. an evergreen tree1
  2. soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock1
  3. 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 poisonous1
  4. poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium1
    • Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock1

Related Synonyms for hemlock