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hemlock
noun(hem-lock)
any of several poisonous herbs (such as a poison hemlock or a water hemlock) of the carrot family having finely cut leaves and small white flowers
hemlock
noun(hem-lock)
a drug or lethal drink prepared from the poison hemlock
hemlock
noun(hem-lock)
any of a genus (Tsuga) of evergreen coniferous trees of the pine family; also : the soft light splintery wood of a hemlock
hemlock
noun(hem-lock)
a large European biennial poisonous herb (Conium maculatum) of the carrot family that is naturalized in the U.S. and has finely divided leaves and small white flowers
hemlock
noun(hem-lock)
a tall poisonous Eurasian perennial herb (Cicuta virosa) of the carrot family; also : any of several poisonous North American plants (especially Cicuta maculata and C. douglasii) of the same genus

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