hemlock

hemlock is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.

[2] An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, or Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. Longfellow.

[3] The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground.

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