Found 2 items, similar to Hemlock.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hemlock 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: 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 tree]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hemlock Hemlock \Hem"lock\, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, Cicuta bulbifera, and Cicuta virosa , and the Conium maculatum. See Conium. [1913 Webster] Note: 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 . [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies Canadensis or Tsuga Canadensis); hemlock spruce. [1913 Webster] The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. [1913 Webster] Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground. [1913 Webster]