Hemlock

[n] an evergreen tree
[n] soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
[n] 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
[n] poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"

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Synonyms

California fern, Conium maculatum, hemlock tree, Nebraska fern, poison hemlock, poison parsley, winter fern

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