Hemlock meaning

hĕm'lŏk'

noun

Any of several poisonous plants of the genera Conium and Cicuta of the parsley family, such as the poison hemlock.

noun

A poison obtained from the poison hemlock.

noun

Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.

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A poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.

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The water hemlock plant, genus Cicuta.

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The poison obtained from these plants.

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Middle English hemlok poisonous hemlock from Old English hymlice, hemlic

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English hemlok, hemeluc, from Old English hymlīc, hymlīce (“hemlock, bryony, convulvus”), literally 'hops-like', from hymele (“hop-vine”), from Proto-Germanic *humalaz, *humalōn, of unknown origin. Perhaps from Scythian *haumala, a diminutive of *hauma (“ephedra; juice”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma from Proto-Indo-European *seue- (“to suck; juice”).

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