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HEMLOCKS
Noun
hemlocks
plural of hemlock
Source: Wiktionary
HEMLOCK
Hem"lock, n. Etym: [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
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.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: 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 under Ground.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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