hemlock

Definitions


[ˈhɛmlɒk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a highly poisonous European plant of the parsley family, with a purple-spotted stem, fernlike leaves, small white flowers, and an unpleasant smell

- a coniferous North American tree with dark green foliage which is said to smell like hemlock when crushed, grown chiefly for timber


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Origin:
Old English hymlice, hemlic, of unknown origin




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