| hemlock | 1. <botany> The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium. The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by some thought to have been a decoction of Cicuta virosa, or water hemlock, by others, of Conium maculatum. 2. <botany> An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, or Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce. "The murmuring pines and the hemlocks." (Longfellow) 3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See Ground. Origin: OE. Hemeluc, humloc, AS. Hemlic, hymlic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| water hemlock | <botany> A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus. A poisonous plant (oenanthe crocata) resembling the above. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hemlock |
poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock" 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 soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock an evergreen tree
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| hemlock |
A softwood which most resembles the hardwoods and is good for construction, since it gets harder with age without darkening. This straight grain, long fiber wood is lightweight, free of gum and pitch and holds nails well.
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| hemlock poisoning |
Poisoning by hemlock ingestion, causing weakness, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, difficult breathing, paralysis, and death. TREATMENT: Oral activated charcoal may be given to decrease the absorption
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| Hemlock Society |
An organization that publishes information about physician-assisted suicide, and decisions by patients regarding end-of-life choices. Address: P.O. Box 101810, Denver, CO 80250. Telephone: 800-247-7421. Website: www.hemlock.org.
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| hemlock | an evergreen tree |
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| hemlock | soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock |
| hemlock | large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers |
| hemlock | poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium |
| hemlock | an evergreen tree |
| hemlock | European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery |
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