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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