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Meanings of poison hemlock in English
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.
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Examples for "hemlock"
Examples for "hemlock"
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High up in the hemlock forests is the interesting Alpine three-toed woodpecker.
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He hid in a thick hemlock-tree and as Reddy passed he shouted:
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The western hemlock and Sitka spruce are the best for paper making.
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I'd been down the hill and up the hemlock that day, anyway.
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Black-green hemlock and spruce bordered the right of way on either hand.
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The drawing-room was festooned with evergreens and winter ferns, wound here and there with streamers of various-colored ribbons.
Usage of poison hemlock in English
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Of poison hemlock, seeds are imported from ten to twenty thousand pounds annually.
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It's poison hemlock, the First said.
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But the real danger is posed by relatives like water hemlock, poison hemlock, giant hogweed, and cow parsnip.
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The ancients were familiar with several of its peculiar properties, as they knew of the closely allied poison hemlock.
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The children had made the fatal mistake of confusing the lacy foliage of parsley with that of poison hemlock.
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Poison hemlock, a plant in the carrot family, is so toxic that it is known in Scotland as "deid men's oatmeal."