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English to English noun
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poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium |  | Example: Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock
source: wordnet30
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock | | source: wordnet30
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an evergreen tree | | source: wordnet30
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The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium. | | source: webster1913
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