Hemlock Definition
hĕmlŏk
hemlocks
noun
hemlocks
A poisonous European plant (Conium maculatum) of the umbel family, with compound umbels of small, white flowers and finely divided leaves; poison hemlock.
Webster's New World
Any of a genus (Tsuga) of North American and Asian evergreen trees of the pine family, with drooping branches and short needles: the bark is used in tanning.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A poison made from this plant.
Webster's New World
The wood of such a tree.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- Nebraska fern
- California fern
- poison-parsley
- poison-hemlock
- conium-maculatum
- winter fern
- hemlock tree
- tree
- poison
- herb
- conium
Other Word Forms of Hemlock
Noun
Singular:
hemlockPlural:
hemlocksOrigin of Hemlock
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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”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English hemlok poisonous hemlock from Old English hymlice, hemlic
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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