hemlock 音标拼音: [h'ɛml
, ɑk]
n . 毒胡萝卜,铁杉
毒胡萝卜,铁杉
hemlock n 1 :
poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium ; "
Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock "
2 :
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 [
synonym : {
hemlock }, {
poison hemlock },
{
poison parsley }, {
California fern }, {
Nebraska fern }, {
winter fern }, {
Conium maculatum }]
3 :
soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock 4 :
an evergreen tree [
synonym : {
hemlock }, {
hemlock tree }]
Hemlock \
Hem "
lock \,
n . [
OE .
hemeluc ,
humloc ,
AS .
hemlic ,
hymlic .]
1 . (
Bot .)
The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers ,
as the {
Cicuta maculata }, {
Cicuta bulbifera },
and {
Cicuta virosa },
and the {
Conium maculatum }.
See {
Conium }.
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by some thought to have been a decoction of {
Cicuta virosa },
or water hemlock ,
by others ,
of {
Conium maculatum }.
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Bot .)
An evergreen tree common in North America ({
Abies Canadensis }
or {
Tsuga Canadensis });
hemlock spruce .
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1913 Webster ]
The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . --
Longfellow .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
The wood or timber of the hemlock tree .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Ground hemlock },
or {
Dwarf hemlock }.
See under {
Ground }.
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1913 Webster ]
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "
hemlock ":
beheading ,
belladonna ,
burning ,
capital punishment ,
castor -
oil plant ,
crucifixion ,
deadly nightshade ,
death camas ,
decapitation ,
decollation ,
defenestration ,
electrocution ,
ergot ,
execution ,
foxglove ,
fusillade ,
garrote ,
gassing ,
hanging ,
henbane ,
horsetail ,
jimsonweed ,
judicial murder ,
lapidation ,
mayapple ,
mescal bean ,
monkshood ,
necktie party ,
poison ivy ,
poison parsley ,
poison sumac ,
poisoning ,
pokeweed ,
shooting ,
stoning ,
strangling ,
strangulation ,
the ax ,
the block ,
the chair ,
the gallows ,
the gas chamber ,
the guillotine ,
the hot seat ,
the rope Hemlock (
1 .)
Heb .
rosh (
Hos .
10 :
4 ;
rendered "
gall "
in Deut .
29 :
18 ;
32 :
32 ;
Ps .
69 :
21 ;
Jer .
9 :
15 ;
23 :
15 ; "
poison ,"
Job 20 :
16 ;
"
venom ,"
Deut .
32 :
33 ). "
Rosh is the name of some poisonous plant which grows quickly and luxuriantly ;
of a bitter taste ,
and therefore coupled with wormwood (
Deut .
29 :
18 ;
Lam .
3 :
19 ).
Hence it would seem to be not the hemlock cicuta ,
nor the colocynth or wild gourd ,
nor lolium darnel ,
but the poppy so called from its heads " (
Gesenius ,
Lex .).
(
2 .)
Heb .
la '
anah ,
generally rendered "
wormwood " (
q .
v .),
Deut .
29 :
18 ,
Text 17 ;
Prov .
5 :
4 ;
Jer .
9 :
15 ;
23 :
15 .
Once it is rendered "
hemlock " (
Amos 6 :
12 ;
R .
V ., "
wormwood ").
This Hebrew word is from a root meaning "
to curse ,"
hence the accursed .
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