Noun Definition

hemlock

1.Definition: an evergreen tree

Related Noun(s):hemlock tree

Category: Plants

2.Definition: 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

Related Noun(s):california fern, conium maculatum, nebraska fern, poison hemlock, poison parsley, winter fern

Category: Plants

3.Definition: poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium

"Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"

Category: General

4.Definition: soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock

Category: Plants