What does hemlock mean?
Hemlock means Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera.
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/ˈhɛmˌlɒk/ · noun
Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera.
The wind blows and the hemlocks wave their feathery leading shoots. Such a graceful profile, so elegant a tree.
Use hemlock when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hemlock means Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera.
Common synonyms include devil's bread, devil's porridge, herb bennet, poison hemlock.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The wind blows and the hemlocks wave their feathery leading shoots. Such a graceful profile, so elegant a tree.
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