hemlock : Idioms & Phrases

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black hemlock

  • noun large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock
    Tsuga mertensiana; black hemlock.
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canadian hemlock

  • noun common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
    spruce pine; Tsuga canadensis; Canadian hemlock.
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carolina hemlock

  • noun medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales
    Tsuga caroliniana.
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douglas hemlock

  • noun lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones
    douglas pine; Oregon fir; green douglas fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Oregon pine; douglas spruce.
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eastern hemlock

  • noun common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
    spruce pine; Tsuga canadensis; Canadian hemlock.
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Ground hemlock

  • (Bot.), the yew (Taxus baccata var. Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from that of Europe by its low, straggling stems.
Webster 1913

Ground hemlock, ∨ Dwarf hemlock

  • . See under Ground.
Webster 1913

hemlock tree

  • noun an evergreen tree
    hemlock.
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hemlock water dropwort

  • noun European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery; all parts extremely poisonous
    water dropwort; Oenanthe crocata.
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lesser hemlock

  • noun European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten
    fool's parsley; Aethusa cynapium.
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mountain hemlock

  • noun large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock
    Tsuga mertensiana; black hemlock.
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pacific hemlock

  • noun tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree
    Pacific hemlock; Tsuga heterophylla; west coast hemlock.
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Poison hemlock

  • noun 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 parsley; hemlock; Nebraska fern; Conium maculatum; California fern; winter fern.
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  • (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant (Conium maculatum). See Hemlock.
Webster 1913

spotted hemlock

  • noun tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes
    spotted hemlock; spotted cowbane.
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spotted water hemlock

  • noun tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes
    spotted hemlock; spotted cowbane.
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water hemlock

  • noun tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas
    Cicuta verosa.
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Wa"ter hem"lock
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  1. (Bot) (a) A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus. (b) A poisonous plant (Oenanthe crocata) resembling the above.
Webster 1913

west coast hemlock

  • noun tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree
    Pacific hemlock; Tsuga heterophylla; west coast hemlock.
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western hemlock

  • noun tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree
    Pacific hemlock; Tsuga heterophylla; west coast hemlock.
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