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hem·lock \ˈhemˌläk\ noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English hemeluc, hemlok, homelok, from Old English hemlic, hymlic, perhaps from hymele hop plant; akin to Middle Low German homele hop plant, Old Norse humli; all probably of Finno-Ugric origin akin to Finnish humala hop plant & Vogul qumlix 1. a. : any of several poisonous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers; especially : any of the water hemlocks or the poison hemlock b. : conium 2 2. also hemlock fir or hemlock spruce a. : a tree of the genus Tsuga — see carolina hemlock, eastern hemlock, mountain hemlock, western hemlock; tree illustration b. : the soft coarse light splintery wood of a hemlock tree 3. : any of several prostrate evergreens of the genus Taxus |