[syn: hemlock, hemlock tree]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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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.
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2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies
Canadensis or Tsuga Canadensis); hemlock spruce.
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The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow.
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3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
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Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hemlock
n 1: poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus
Conium; "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 [syn: hemlock, poison hemlock,
poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter
fern, Conium maculatum]
3: soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the
western hemlock
4: an evergreen tree [syn: hemlock, hemlock tree]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "hemlock":
beheading, belladonna, burning, capital punishment,
castor-oil plant, crucifixion, deadly nightshade, death camas,
decapitation, decollation, defenestration, electrocution, ergot,
execution, foxglove, fusillade, garrote, gassing, hanging, henbane,
horsetail, jimsonweed, judicial murder, lapidation, mayapple,
mescal bean, monkshood, necktie party, poison ivy, poison parsley,
poison sumac, poisoning, pokeweed, shooting, stoning, strangling,
strangulation, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows,
the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat, the rope
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Hemlock
(1.) Heb. rosh (Hos. 10:4; rendered "gall" in Deut. 29:18;
32:32; Ps. 69:21; Jer. 9:15; 23:15; "poison," Job 20:16;
"venom," Deut. 32:33). "Rosh is the name of some poisonous plant
which grows quickly and luxuriantly; of a bitter taste, and
therefore coupled with wormwood (Deut. 29:18; Lam. 3:19). Hence
it would seem to be not the hemlock cicuta, nor the colocynth or
wild gourd, nor lolium darnel, but the poppy so called from its
heads" (Gesenius, Lex.).
(2.) Heb. la'anah, generally rendered "wormwood" (q.v.), Deut.
29:18, Text 17; Prov. 5:4; Jer. 9:15; 23:15. Once it is rendered
"hemlock" (Amos 6:12; R.V., "wormwood"). This Hebrew word is
from a root meaning "to curse," hence the accursed.
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Hemlock, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 142
Housing Units (2000): 58
Land area (2000): 0.379433 sq. miles (0.982728 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.379433 sq. miles (0.982728 sq. km)
FIPS code: 34888
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 39.591447 N, 82.156365 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 43730
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hemlock, OH
Hemlock
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Hemlock, MI -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Michigan
Population (2000): 1585
Housing Units (2000): 650
Land area (2000): 2.539578 sq. miles (6.577476 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.539578 sq. miles (6.577476 sq. km)
FIPS code: 37600
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 43.413113 N, 84.231513 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 48626
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hemlock, MI
Hemlock