HEMLOCK
Scrabble letter values: H4E1M3L1O1C3K5 = 18
Definition
- noun poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium.
- noun large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers. — synonyms: poison_hemlock, poison_parsley, California_fern, Nebraska_fern, winter_fern, Conium_maculatum
- noun soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock.
- noun an evergreen tree. — synonyms: hemlock_tree
Examples
- “Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”
- “usually found in damp habitats”
- “all parts extremely poisonous”