Hemlock - Definition
hemlock
n 1: poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus
Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking
hemlock"
2: 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 [syn: hemlock, poison hemlock,
poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter
fern, Conium maculatum]
3: soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the
western hemlock
4: an evergreen tree [syn: hemlock, hemlock tree]