| 释义 |
ground hemlock in American English a low, spreading evergreen shrub (Taxus canadensis) of the yew family, native to the NE U.S. ground hemlock in American Englishnouna prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit Word origin [1825–35, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: archaic, cliché, electrolyte, panda, self-help |