hemlock
Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the generaAny of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera: Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.
Meaning
4 sensesAny of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera
(countable, uncountable)Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.
Schierling, Gefleckter Schierling, Fleckenschierling
болиголо́вboligolóv, оме́гomég
болиголо́вbolyholóv, оме́гoméh, оме́жникoméžnyk
(countable, uncountable)Cicuta (water hemlock).
(countable, uncountable)Poison obtained from these Conium and Cicuta plants.
(countable, uncountable)Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.
Hemlocktanne, Schierlingstanne
тсу́гаtsúga
тсу́гаtsúha
- an evergreen tree, could refer to any one of a genus of conifers named Tsuga
- soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
- 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
- poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
Examples
1 sentencesSocrates was sentenced to death by drinking an infusion of poison hemlock.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hemlok, hemeluc, from Old English hemlīc, hymlīc m and hymlīce f (“hemFrom Middle English hemlok, hemeluc, from Old English hemlīc, hymlīc m and hymlīce f (“hemlock, bryony, convolvulus”), of uncertain origin.
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Forms
plural: hemlocksSynonyms
17 synonyms- an evergreen tree, could refer to any one of a genus of conifers named Tsuga:hemlock tree
- 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:poison hemlockpoison parsleyCalifornia fernNebraska fernwinter fernConium maculatum
Word family
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