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hemlock
has definitions from the fields of botany,biology,medicine,immunology,pharmacology
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[ noun ] soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
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[ noun ] (botany) 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
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[ noun ] (biology,medicine,immunology,pharmacology) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
Examples "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (botany) an evergreen tree
Synonyms Related terms conifer eastern_hemlock mountain_hemlock western_hemlock Carolina_hemlock Tsuga |
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