HEMLOCK as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an evergreen tree
   Synonym(s)
   • hemlock tree (what does hemlock tree mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) hemlock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • conifer (what does conifer mean?)
   • coniferous tree (what does coniferous tree mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • eastern hemlock (what does eastern hemlock mean?)
   • Canadian hemlock (what does Canadian hemlock mean?)
   • spruce pine (what does spruce pine mean?)
   • Tsuga canadensis (what does Tsuga canadensis mean?)
   • Carolina hemlock (what does Carolina hemlock mean?)
   • Tsuga caroliniana (what does Tsuga caroliniana mean?)
   • mountain hemlock (what does mountain hemlock mean?)
   • black hemlock (what does black hemlock mean?)
   • Tsuga mertensiana (what does Tsuga mertensiana mean?)
   • western hemlock (what does western hemlock mean?)
   • Pacific hemlock (what does Pacific hemlock mean?)
   • west coast hemlock (what does west coast hemlock mean?)
   • Tsuga heterophylla (what does Tsuga heterophylla mean?)
2. Meaning
   • soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
   Hypernyms(s) hemlock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • wood (what does wood mean?)
3. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • California fern (what does California fern mean?)
   • Conium maculatum (what does Conium maculatum mean?)
   • Nebraska fern (what does Nebraska fern mean?)
   • poison hemlock (what does poison hemlock mean?)
   • poison parsley (what does poison parsley mean?)
   • winter fern (what does winter fern mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) hemlock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • poisonous plant (what does poisonous plant mean?)
4. Meaning
   • poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
   Usage Example(s)
   • Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock
   Hypernyms(s) hemlock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • plant toxin (what does plant toxin mean?)
   • phytotoxin (what does phytotoxin mean?)