hemlock tree
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- noun
- /ˈhɛm.lɑk tri/
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- The hemlock trees in the forest provided a beautiful shade during our picnic.
Examples
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Aker also has a nearby hemlock tree slated for removal once it dies.
Academic text (1996) -
When she poured the piss under a hemlock tree deep in the woods, Thaddeus was cured.
Fiction book (1990) -
"She was intent on her own goal and hurried ahead until she came to a grove of hemlock trees with green branches that hung thickly to the ground.
Fiction book (1990) -
Many blackgum and hemlock trees recruited from the years 1560 and 1700, respectively, until 1890.
Academic text (2007) -
Here the trees were pine, spruce, and hemlock—trees that had been here for a long time, so that the ground beneath them was russet and springy with needles.
Fiction book (1990) -
With the combination of increasing temperatures and the potential selection for greater cold tolerance within hemlock woolly adelgid populations, eastern hemlock trees could be affected by this pest throughout their entire range within the next 30 years (Albani et al. 2010).
Academic text (2012) -
While hiking, we spotted several hemlock trees with their characteristic flat needles.
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As I walked through the park, I admired the tall hemlock trees lining the path.
Synonyms
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An evergreen tree with short flat needles whose wood is used for building
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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 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
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 tall evergreen tree from western North America called the western hemlock used for timber
A tall evergreen tree from western North America that provides soft wood for building
A tall evergreen tree from western North America that provides wood for building
A tall evergreen tree from western North America used for its wood
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'hemlock' names a specific type of conifer and 'tree' denotes a woody plant, so 'hemlock tree' simply denotes a tree of that species. This noun‑noun naming pattern is transparent and follows common cross‑linguistic compound logic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Hemlock tree may come from an old plant called 'hemlock', a poisonous plant. People long ago thought the tree's smell or look was like that plant, so the same name stuck and today 'hemlock tree' means this evergreen tree.