Hemlock - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈhemlɑːk|
Brit.
|ˈhemlɒk|
noun
- poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
- soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
- an evergreen tree
Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock
- 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- soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
- an evergreen tree
Extra examples
Socrates died after drinking hemlock.
Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock
Word forms
noun
singular: hemlock
plural: hemlocks or hemlock
singular: hemlock
plural: hemlocks or hemlock
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