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HEMLOCK

Definition:

[noun] poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking 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
Synonyms: poison poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter fern, Conium maculatum
[noun] soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
[noun] an evergreen tree
Synonyms: tree