Meaning & use
hemlock
A highly poisonous plant with fern-like leaves and small white flowers.
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Ancient Greek courts executed condemned prisoners with a drink made from hemlock.
Farmers must clear hemlock from pastures because livestock can die from eating it.
A note on using this word
Hemlock also names an unrelated evergreen conifer tree; context usually makes clear which plant is meant.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An evergreen coniferous tree native to North America and Asia, unrelated to the poisonous plant.
The trail wound through a forest of tall hemlock and pine trees.
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