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Hemlock

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers

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Senses

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an evergreen tree

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soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock

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poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
hemlock treepoison hemlockpoison parsleywinter fern
plural
Hemlocks
possessive
Hemlock's
pluralpossessive
Hemlocks'