hemlock, poison hemlock

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poison hemlock: A deadly poisonous European plant (Conium maculatum) widely naturalized in North America, having bipinnately compound leaves and compound umbels of small white flowers. Any of several poisonous herbaceous plants of the parsley family, especially Conium maculatum, believed to be the plant that killed Socrates. It is now common in the U.S. as well as in Europe. A tall biennial, this plant has green stems spotted with red or purple, large compound leaves, and white flowers. Though the poison is concentrated in the seeds, the entire plant is dangerous to livestock when fresh. Despite their common name, poison hemlocks are not conifers (see hemlock). Water hemlocks (Cicuta species) are similar and also dangerous
poison hemlock: hemlock: large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous

hemlock, poison hemlock

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hemlock, poi·son hem·lock

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