hemlock

A highly poisonous plant (genus Conium) with small white flowers and a distinctive smell, historically used in executions; also refers to a poisonous drink made from this plant.

• 🇫🇷Plante très toxique (genre Conium) à petites fleurs blanches et à odeur caractéristique, historiquement utilisée pour les exécutions ; désigne aussi le poison préparé à partir de cette plante.

1. Poisonous plant C1 formal scientific

   A highly poisonous plant (Conium maculatum) with white flowers and a foul smell, historically used for executions.

   • Socrates was famously executed by drinking a cup of hemlock.
   • Hemlock grows wild in many parts of Europe and North America.
   • The leaves of hemlock resemble parsley and can be deadly if ingested.

   🇫🇷Grande ciguë

   Synonymes: coniumpoison hemlock

2. Evergreen tree C1 formal scientific

   A type of coniferous tree (genus Tsuga) native to North America and Asia, valued for its timber.

   • The forest was dominated by tall hemlock trees.
   • Hemlock wood is often used for construction and paper production.
   • The western hemlock is the state tree of Washington.

   🇫🇷Pruche (arbre)

   Synonymes: tsuga

• hemlocks plural form
• hemlocks' possessive plural form
• hemlock's possessive singular form