hemlock

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noun

1. poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
- Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock
• Hypernyms:
plant toxin, phytotoxin
2. 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
• Syn:
poison hemlock, poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter fern, Conium maculatum
• Hypernyms:
poisonous plant
• Member Holonyms:
Conium, genus Conium
3. soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
• Hypernyms:
wood
• Substance Holonyms:
hemlock tree
4. an evergreen tree
• Syn:
hemlock tree
• Hypernyms:
conifer, coniferous tree
• Hyponyms:
eastern hemlock, Canadian hemlock, spruce pine, Tsuga canadensis, Carolina hemlock,
Tsuga caroliniana, mountain hemlock, black hemlock, Tsuga mertensiana, western hemlock, Pacific hemlock,
west coast hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla
• Member Holonyms:
Tsuga, genus Tsuga

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hemlock tree, poison hemlock, poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter fern, Conium maculatum