hemlock

hem·lock

1. a poisonous European plant (Conium maculatum) of the umbel family, with compound umbels of small, white flowers and finely divided leaves; poison hemlock
2. a poison made from this plant
water hemlock
1. 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
2. the wood of such a tree

Origin of hemlock

Middle English hemlok from Old English hemlic, hymlic, akin uncertain or unknown; perhaps to hymele, hop

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hemlock

noun

a. Any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Tsuga of North America and eastern Asia, having small cones and short flat leaves with two white bands underneath.
b. The wood of such trees, used as a source of lumber, wood pulp, and tannic acid.
a. Any of several poisonous plants of the genera Conium and Cicuta of the parsley family, such as the poison hemlock.
b. A poison obtained from the poison hemlock.

Origin of hemlock

Middle English hemlok poisonous hemlock from Old English hymlice, hemlic

hemlock

eastern hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

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Noun

(plural hemlocks)

Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.
A poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.
The water hemlock plant, genus Cicuta.
The poison obtained from these plants.

Origin

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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hemlock - Medical Definition

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

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