hemlock

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Any of several poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera Conium and Cicuta; the poison obtained from these plants
Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees
{n} a poisonous herb, a tree
poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"
{i} poisonous plant used as strong sedative
soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western 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 poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock
Hemlock is a poisonous plant. a very poisonous plant, or the poison that is made from it. Any of 10 species of coniferous evergreen trees that make up the genus Tsuga, in the pine family, native to North America and central and eastern Asia. Some are important timber trees, and many are popular ornamentals. Other plants commonly called hemlock include ground hemlock (see yew) and poison hemlock and water hemlock (parsley family). A true hemlock is a tall, pyramidal tree with purplish or reddish-brown bark, slender horizontal or drooping branches, and short, blunt leaves that grow from woody cushionlike structures on the twigs
The wood or timber of the hemlock tree
soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western 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
An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, or Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce
an evergreen tree
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
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hemlock woolly adelgid
A common name for insects of the species Adelges tsugae

Another tree is being attacked by an alien insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid.

hemlock woolly adelgids
plural form of hemlock woolly adelgid
Hemlock Society
an organization in the US which aims to change the law that prevents helping seriously ill people to die if they wish to. The organization gives advice to such people and their families. There is a similar organization in the UK called Exit
Hemlock.
cicuta

cicuta, or hemlock, is a strong poison in Greece, but with us it hath no such violent effects .

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Canadian hemlock
A coniferous evergreen monoecious tree (Tsuga canadensis) native from Nova Scotia to Alaska and valuable for its timber, as a pulpwood, for tanning, and as an ornamental
carolina hemlock
medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales
eastern hemlock
common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
ground hemlock
A low-growing yew (Taxus canadensis) of northeast North America
hemlocks
plural of hemlock
mountain hemlock
large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock
poison hemlock
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
poison hemlock
A deadly poisonous European plant (Conium maculatum) widely naturalized in North America, having bipinnately compound leaves and compound umbels of small white flowers. Any of several poisonous herbaceous plants of the parsley family, especially Conium maculatum, believed to be the plant that killed Socrates. It is now common in the U.S. as well as in Europe. A tall biennial, this plant has green stems spotted with red or purple, large compound leaves, and white flowers. Though the poison is concentrated in the seeds, the entire plant is dangerous to livestock when fresh. Despite their common name, poison hemlocks are not conifers (see hemlock). Water hemlocks (Cicuta species) are similar and also dangerous
water hemlock
A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus
water hemlock
A poisonous plant (Œnanthe crocata) resembling the above
water hemlock
Any of several poisonous, heavy-scented, perennial herbs of the genus Cicuta, especially C. maculata, of marshy areas in eastern and central North America, having compound umbels of small white flowers and bipinnately compound leaves
water hemlock
tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas
western hemlock
tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree
Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von hemlock im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

hemlok, hemlock
hemlock
hemlock

    Silbentrennung

    hem·lock

    Türkische aussprache

    hemläk

    Aussprache

    /ˈhemˌläk/ /ˈhɛmˌlɑːk/

    Etymologie

    [ 'hem-"läk ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English hemlok, hemeluc, from Old English hymlīc(e) 'hemlock, bryony, convulvus', literally 'hops-like', from hymele 'hop-vine', from Proto-Germanic *xumalaz, *xumalōn (cf. Old Norse humall, Middle Low German homele), from Sarmato-Scythian *haumala (compare Ossetian xumællæg 'hops'), diminutive of *hauma 'ephedra; juice' (compare Avestan haoma, Baluchi hum, Persian hōm), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma (compare Sanskrit soma), from Proto-Indo-European *seue- 'to suck; juice'. More at suck.
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