| 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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