hemlock
/ˈhɛmˌlɒk/
hemlock noun: conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.
Noun
hemlock (countable and uncountable, plural hemlocks)
- Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.
- Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273
- In the Tyrol, on May Day, it was the custom to smoke out witches by burning bundles of black and red spotted hemlock. In the eighteenth century hemlock was used for treating cancer, syphilis, and ulcers.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 113
- Cicuta (water hemlock).
- Synonyms:
- beaver poison, cowbane, musquash root, poison parsnip, spotted cowbane, water hemlock
- Poison obtained from these Conium and Cicuta plants.
- Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.
- The wind blows and the hemlocks wave their feathery leading shoots. Such a graceful profile, so elegant a tree.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 380
Proper noun capitalized: Hemlock
Hemlock
- An unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Howard County, Indiana.
- A census-designated place in Richland Township, Saginaw County, Michigan.
- A census-designated place in the town of Livonia, Livingston County, New York.
- A village in Perry County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon.
- A township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia.
- Synonym of Stabler, Skamania County, Washington.
- Synonyms:
- Stabler, Skamania County, Washington
- An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
- A ghost town in the town of Warner, Clark County, Wisconsin.
hemlock meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic
hemlock in Tamil
- எமுலொக்கு
hemlock in Urdu
- شکران
hemlock in Bengali
- হেমলক, বিষ
hemlock in Arabic
- poisonous plant of genus Conium
- شَوْكَرَان šawkarān
More languagesFewer languages
- hemlock in Persian
- شوکران šawkarân
Examples of hemlock in a sentence
- But the recipe also called for hemlock and belladonna, both known to be highly poisonous.
- Another tree is being attacked by an alien insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid.
- Mama Leone’s guests donned hemlock wreaths with their Roman attire.
Synonyms of hemlock
- beaver poison
- cowbane
- musquash root
- poison parsnip
- spotted cowbane
- water hemlock
- Stabler
- Skamania County
- Washington
- devil's bread
6 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- devil's porridge
- herb bennet
- poison hemlock
- poison parsley
- Conium maculatum
- Conium chaerophylloides
Forms of hemlock
| plural | hemlocks |
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Origin of hemlock
From Middle English hemlok, hemeluc, from Old English hemlīc, hymlīc m and hymlīce f (“hemlock, bryony, convolvulus”), of uncertain origin. speculative etymology Compare Old English hymele (“hop-vine, hops”), Old English humele (“bryony, widerton, hair moss, gold-hair, morning glory”), Danish and Swedish humle (“hops”), Icelandic humall (“hops”). Perhaps from Scythian, from Proto-Iranian *háwHmah (“ephedra; juice”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwHmas from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (“to press out, extract”). ;cognates * (from Sarmato-Scythian *haumala) Ossetian хумӕллӕг (xumællæg, “hops”) * (from Sarmato-Scythian *hauma) Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 (haoma), Baluchi [script needed] (hum), Persian هوم (hôm)) * (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma) Sanskrit सोम (soma)) More at suck.
All places are presumably named after the North American tree, which is non-poisonous.
Words formed from hemlock
- Canadian hemlock
- Carolina hemlock
- Chinese hemlock
- eastern hemlock
- Forrest's hemlock
- gosh all hemlock
- ground hemlock
- hemlock leather
- hemlock parsley
- hemlock water parsnip
- hemlock woolly adelgid
- hemlocky
- Himalayan hemlock
- mountain hemlock
- northern Japanese hemlock
- Patton's hemlock
- poison hemlock
- southern Japanese hemlock
- Taiwan hemlock
- western hemlock
Phrases with hemlock
Questions about hemlock
- What does hemlock mean?
- Hemlock means conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.
- What is hemlock in Tamil?
- Hemlock in Tamil is எமுலொக்கு. See Hemlock meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hemlock?
- Hemlock can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hemlock?
- Hemlock is pronounced /ˈhɛmˌlɒk/.
- What is the plural of hemlock?
- The plural of hemlock is hemlocks.
Words near hemlock in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hemlock (page history and authors); Hemlock (page history and authors); hemlock (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hemlock (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Hemlock (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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