English > hemlock tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | An evergreen tree. |
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Synonym | hemlock |
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Member of | Tsuga, genus Tsuga | hemlock |
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Narrower | Carolina hemlock, Tsuga caroliniana | medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales |
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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 |
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Substances | hemlock | Soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock |
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Spanish | cicuta |
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Catalan | cicuta |
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