Noun Definition
hemlock
1.Definition: an evergreen tree
Related Noun(s):hemlock tree
Category: Plants2.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: Plants3.Definition: poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
"Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"
Category: General4.Definition: soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
Category: Plants