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hemlock

Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis

1. 1. Any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Tsuga of North America and eastern Asia, having small cones and short flat leaves with two white bands underneath.
   2. The wood of such trees, used as a source of lumber, wood pulp, and tannic acid.
2. 1. Any of several poisonous plants of the genera Conium and Cicuta, such as the poison hemlock.
   2. A poison obtained from the poison hemlock.

[Middle English hemlok, poisonous hemlock, from Old English hymlice, hemlic.]

The genus Tsuga of the pine family, characterized by flattened needles with two white lines beneath the needlelike leaves, which have distinct short stalks. The cones are small and pendent.

Eastern hemlock (T. canadensis) occurs in eastern Canada, the Great Lakes states, and the Appalachians. Minutely toothed leaves are characteristic of this species. The wood is hard and strong, and is used for construction, boxes, crates, and paper pulp. The bark is one of the principal domestic sources of tannin. The eastern hemlock is a common ornamental tree.

Carolina hemlock (T. caroliniana), a species found in the southern Appalachians, has entire needles and is sometimes grown as an ornamental. The western hemlock (T. heterophylla) grows in the extreme Northwest and in Alaska. Its needles resemble those of the eastern hemlock, but the white lines beneath are not so distinct. It is an important lumber tree, with uses similar to these of the eastern species.

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Wood of a coniferous tree of the US. Also see eastern hemlock, western hemlock.

There are a number of weeds in different genera that go by this name.

• poison h. — see conium maculatum.
• water h. — see cicuta.
• h. water dropwort — oenanthe crocata.

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The word hemlock may refer to:

• Hemlock, several poisonous plants in the Apiaceae family (formerly Umbelliferae):
  • Hemlock (Conium), two species, one formerly used as a method of execution
  • Water Hemlock or cowbane (Cicuta virosa)
  • Hemlock water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata)
• Hemlock (Tsuga), a genus of coniferous trees

Places

• Hemlock Falls, Georgia
• Hemlock, Indiana
• Hemlock, Michigan
• Hemlock, New York
• Hemlock, Ohio
• Hemlock, Ontario
• Hemlock Township, Pennsylvania
• Hemlock Lake in New York

Other uses

• Hemlock Society, a group advocating assisted suicide
• Hemlock (company), a chemicals manufacturer specializing in silicon products
• Hemlock (editor), a variant of the Emacs text editor for Unix
• Hemlock Records, a record label based in Chicago, Illinois
• Hemlock (band), a heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada
• Hemlock (San Diego band), a 1990s punk band from San Diego, California
• Hemlock, a black metal project by bass player Dan Lilker
• Sherlock Hemlock, the name of a Muppet detective
• Hemlock (play), a play by Bob Jude Ferrante
• Hemlock's Diary, a political, economic and social blog written in Hong Kong
• Hemlock, an Iranian movie also released as Shokaran and starring Hedyeh Tehrani
• Hemlock, a fictional Russian assassin in JAG
• Hemlock Clothing, a company based in Long Island

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skarntyde

Nederlands (Dutch)
dollekervel(gif), Canadese den

Français (French)
n. - ciguë

Deutsch (German)
n. - (bot.) Schierling

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) κώνειο, βρομόχορτο

Italiano (Italian)
cicuta, abete canadese

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cicuta (f) (Bot.), veneno (m) da cicuta

Русский (Russian)
болиголов

Español (Spanish)
n. - cicuta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - odört (bot.), odörtsgift, hemlock(gran)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
毒胡萝卜, 铁杉

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 毒胡蘿蔔, 鐵杉

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 북미산 솔송나무, 독당근

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ドクニンジン, ツガ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الشوكران نبات يستخرج من ثمرة شراب سام, شراب الشوكران‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רוש (צמח רעלי), עץ-מחט שריחו כריח הרוש, רעל המופק מהרוש‬

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