hemlock

IPA: hˈɛmɫɑk

noun

  • Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera
  • Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.
  • Cicuta, water hemlock plant.
  • The poison obtained from these Conium and Cicuta plants.
  • Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.
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Examples of "hemlock" in Sentences

  • Cedar hemlock douglas fir forest.
  • As long it's not a glass of hemlock.
  • But he elected to drink the Hemlock.
  • It has a preference for hemlock woods.
  • The hemlock accelerated the steroid poisoning.
  • A forest of mountain hemlock and fir grows up to the timberline.
  • The lush forests in the area consist primarily of cedar, hemlock and balsam.
  • These hemlocks have suffered from infestation by the hemlock woolly adelgid.
  • The hemlock woolly adelgid feeds on the phloem sap of tender hemlock shoots.
  • Poison hemlock has been used as a sedative and for its antispasmodic properties.

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