NOUN | substance | hemlock | poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium |
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plant | hemlock, poison hemlock, poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter fern, Conium maculatum | large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers | |
plant | hemlock | soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock | |
plant | hemlock, hemlock tree | an evergreen tree |
Sounds | hheh'mlaa.k | |
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Rhymes | aftershock ... woodcock: 87 rhymes with aak... |
Meaning | poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium. | |
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Example | "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock" | |
Broader | plant toxin, phytotoxin | Any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin |
Spanish | cicuta | |
Catalan | cicuta |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonyms | poison hemlock, poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter fern, Conium maculatum | |
Member of | Conium, genus Conium | small genus of highly toxic biennials |
Broader | poisonous plant | A plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism |
Spanish | cicuta | |
Catalan | cicuta, Conium maculatum |
Meaning | Soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock. | |
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Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
Substance of | hemlock, hemlock tree | An evergreen tree |
Spanish | cicuta | |
Catalan | cicuta |
Meaning | An evergreen tree. | |
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Synonym | hemlock tree | |
Member of | Tsuga, genus Tsuga | hemlock |
Narrower | Carolina hemlock, Tsuga caroliniana | medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales |
eastern hemlock, Canadian hemlock, spruce pine, Tsuga canadensis | Common forest / forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada | |
mountain hemlock, black hemlock, Tsuga mertensiana | large evergreen of western United States | |
western hemlock, Pacific hemlock, west coast hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla | tall evergreen of western North America | |
Broader | conifer, coniferous tree | Any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones |
Substances | hemlock | Soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock |
Spanish | cicuta | |
Catalan | cicuta |
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