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hemlock
noun
- a poisonous European plant (Conium maculatum) of the umbel family, with compound umbels of small, white flowers and finely divided leaves; poison hemlock
- a poison made from this plant
- water hemlock
- any of a genus (Tsuga) of North American and Asiatic evergreen trees of the pine family, with drooping branches and short needles: the bark is used in tanning
- the wood of such a tree
See hemlock in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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