hemlock
['hemlɒk]
n. 毒芹属植, 杉

[医] 毒茴毒草(毒茴、毒芹), 杉属植, 杉



hemlock
[ noun ]

1. poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium

<noun.substance>
Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock

2. 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

<noun.plant>

3. soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock

<noun.plant>

4. an evergreen tree

<noun.plant>

Hemlock \Hem"lock\, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic,
hymlic.]
1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs
having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the
{Cicuta maculata}, {Cicuta bulbifera}, and {Cicuta
virosa}, and the {Conium maculatum}. See {Conium}.

Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by
some thought to have been a decoction of {Cicuta
virosa}, or water hemlock, by others, of {Conium
maculatum}.

2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({Abies
Canadensis} or {Tsuga Canadensis}); hemlock spruce.

The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow.

3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.

{Ground hemlock}, or {Dwarf hemlock}. See under {Ground}.