hemlock
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- noun
- /ˈhɛm.lɑk/
:
cicuta
- Understanding how to identify hemlock is crucial, as this plant is extremely poisonous and can be deadly if ingested.
- water hemlock
- hemlock parsley
Examples
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The hikers avoided the hemlock, knowing that this toxic plant could cause severe health issues.
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Also growing in and along the rivulets are blue iris, white bistort (a type of smartweed), hemlock parsley, a couple of species of buttercups, and monument plant.
Academic text (1998) -
But you typically do not find hemlock on soils that have been plowed at some point in their life.
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Sadly, we are so disconnected from nature that I suspect few of the people who will need it will be able to recognize hemlock in time, and that, indeed, those who get it may buy it as their last act as a consumer.
Blog text (32) -
If only they had developed more self-reliance and knew that hemlock can be found along creek banks and in ditches throughout the northern temperate zone.
Blog text (32) -
It smells of wild thyme, hemlock, and mysteries.
Fiction book (1993) -
Did you know that Bulb-Bearing Water-Hemlock is the most poisonous leafy plant native to North America?
Blog text (17) -
In ancient Greece, Socrates was executed using a poison made from hemlock, which highlights its deadly properties.
Synonyms
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A plant that can be deadly if you touch it or eat it
A very poisonous European and African plant with fernlike leaves and white flower clusters in damp places
A tall very poisonous plant with leaves like a fern and small white flowers
A small poisonous plant that grows for two years and looks like parsley
A small group of very poisonous plants like hemlock from Europe and Asia
A large plant with leaves like a fern and white flowers with all parts very poisonous
A plant with large fern-like leaves that is very poisonous and grows in wet places
A large plant with leaves like a fern, small white flowers, and all parts very poisonous if eaten
A tall plant with fernlike leaves and white flowers that can make animals or people very ill
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
How Poisonous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hemlock for the poisonous plant has been used since ancient times and became well known because the ancient Greeks used it to execute people like Socrates, so thinking of hemlock as the 'deadly herb' helps you remember not to eat it.