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English noun: hemlock | |||
| 1. | hemlock (substance) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium | ||
| Samples | Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | phytotoxin, plant toxin | ||
| 2. | hemlock (plant) large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous | ||
| Synonyms | California fern, Conium maculatum, Nebraska fern, poison hemlock, poison parsley, winter fern | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | poisonous plant | ||
| Member meronym | Conium, genus Conium | ||
| 3. | hemlock (plant) soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wood | ||
| Substance meronym | hemlock, hemlock tree | ||
| 4. | hemlock (plant) an evergreen tree | ||
| Synonyms | hemlock tree | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conifer, coniferous tree | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | black hemlock, Canadian hemlock, Carolina hemlock, eastern hemlock, mountain hemlock, Pacific hemlock, spruce pine, Tsuga canadensis, Tsuga caroliniana, Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana, west coast hemlock, western hemlock | ||
| Member meronym | genus Tsuga, Tsuga | ||
| Substance holonym | hemlock | ||
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