Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hemlock

4 senses of hemlock

Sense 1
hemlock -- (poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock")
       => plant toxin, phytotoxin -- (any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin)

Sense 2
hemlock, poison hemlock, poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter fern, Conium maculatum -- (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)
       => poisonous plant -- (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

Sense 3
hemlock -- (soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock)
       => wood -- (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Sense 4
hemlock, hemlock tree -- (an evergreen tree)
       => conifer, coniferous tree -- (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)