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   Hemlock , n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.]
   (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, Cicuta bulbifera, and Cicuta virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.
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   ☞ The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by some thought to have been a decoction of Cicuta virosa, or water hemlock, by others, of Conium maculatum.
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   (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies Canadensis or Tsuga Canadensis); hemlock spruce.
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   The murmuring pines and the hemlocks.
   Longfellow.
   
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   The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
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   Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground.
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