hemlock

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, / Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce. Source: opted

3. n. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. Source: opted

4. n. poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium Source: wordnet

5. n. 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 Source: wordnet

6. n. soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock Source: wordnet

7. n. an evergreen tree, could refer to any one of a genus of conifers named Tsuga Source: wordnet

8. 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. Source: webster

9. The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finelycut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata,bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium. Source: adambom

10. n:100 n. poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium n. 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 n. soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock Source: ecdict

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