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Definitions for Hemlock

[1] a poisonous plant, Conium maculatum, of the parsley family, having purple-spotted stems, finely divided leaves, and umbels of small white flowers, used medicinally as a powerful sedative.
[2] a poisonous drink made from this plant.
[3] any of various other plants, especially of the genus Cicuta, as the water hemlock.
[4] Also called hemlock spruce . any of several coniferous trees of the genus Tsuga, native to the U.S., characterized by a pyramidal manner of growth. Compare eastern hemlock, western hemlock.
[5] the soft, light wood of a hemlock tree, used in making paper, in the construction of buildings, etc.
[6] an umbelliferous poisonous Eurasian plant, Conium maculatum, having finely divided leaves, spotted stems, and small white flowers US name: poison hemlock See also water hemlock
[7] a poisonous drug derived from this plant
[8] Also called: hemlock spruce any coniferous tree of the genus Tsuga, of North America and E Asia, having short flat needles: family Pinaceae See also western hemlock
[9] the wood of any of these trees, used for lumber and as a source of wood pulp

Words nearby Hemlock

hemizygosity, hemizygote, hemizygotic, hemizygous, hemline, hemlock, hemlock looper, hemmer, hemo-, hemoblast, hemoblastosis

Origin of Hemlock

before 900; Middle English hemlok, humlok, Old English hymlic, hemlic; perhaps akin to Old English hymele hop plant

Word origin for Hemlock

Old English hymlic; perhaps related to hymele hop plant, Middle Low German homele, Old Norwegian humli, Old Slavonic chǔmelï