hemlock
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- noun
- /ˈhɛm.lɑk/
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tsuga
- Another set of prints leads down a ravine into the hemlock forest behind the house.
- hemlock forest
- hemlock tree
- eastern hemlock
Examples
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Farther out, the lake doubles the trees around its edge: pine, hemlock, and silver birch.
Fiction book (1994) -
The September morning was fresh, a milky mist causing hemlocks to drip and pastures to glisten.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Let's go down to the hemlocks tomorrow, like we used to," she would say.
Fiction book (1998) -
In its place was a decorous stone wall surrounded by hemlock bushes.
Fiction book (1993) -
A man and boy emerged from the thick growth of hemlocks into the small clearing surrounding the oak.
Fiction book (1993) -
Fireflies glimmered in a stand of hemlock, and crickets chirped.
Fiction book (1992) -
These majestic giants are under threat from a tiny insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid.
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Porcupine Mountain State Park is 58,000 acres of mostly virgin hemlock and pine along Lake Superior, but with deciduous trees as well.
Academic text (2007) -
Douglas firs, cedars, hemlocks, and big-leaf maples so tightly surround the house that they take away the horizon.
Academic text (2009) -
On a hiking trip, we marveled at the towering hemlock trees that surrounded us in the forest.
Synonyms
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An evergreen tree with flat needles and small cones
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A large evergreen tree with short needles found in eastern North America, often used to make paper
A type of evergreen tree with short flat needles that grows in North America and Asia
A large evergreen tree from eastern United States and Canada that gives dense shade and is used for wood
A large evergreen tree from eastern North America with short needles, used for wood and paper
A tall evergreen tree from western North America that provides soft wood for building
A tall evergreen tree from western North America called the western hemlock used for timber
A tall evergreen tree from western North America used for its wood
A tall evergreen tree from western North America that provides wood for building
A tall evergreen tree from western North America, called mountain hemlock
A large evergreen tree with very hard wood that grows on high mountain slopes
A large evergreen tree from the western United States with very hard wood
A medium-sized evergreen tree from the southeast of the United States with spreading branches called Carolina hemlock
A medium-sized evergreen tree with spreading branches and cones with wide scales in the southeastern United States
Idioms
Compounds
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A large evergreen tree with short needles found in eastern North America, often used to make paper
A large evergreen tree from eastern North America with short needles, used for wood and paper
A medium-sized evergreen tree with spreading branches and cones with wide scales in the southeastern United States
A tall evergreen tree from northwestern North America with short needles and egg-shaped cones
- Specialized
A large evergreen tree with very hard wood that grows on high mountain slopes
A European plant with leaves like parsley that grows near streams and is deadly in all parts
- Specialized
A tall evergreen tree from western North America that provides wood for building
A tall plant with purple spots on its stems and very poisonous roots that grow in wet places
A tall poisonous plant with purple-spotted stems that grows near water and whose roots are deadly if eaten
A tall very poisonous plant that grows near streams and has leaves and roots that can kill animals or people
- Specialized
A tall evergreen tree from western North America used for its wood
- Specialized
A tall evergreen tree from western North America that provides soft wood for building
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hemlock for the tree comes from the same old name used for a plant, and people probably called the tree this because its smell or leaves reminded them of the smaller 'hemlock' herb, so the tree and its wood share the same name.