Meaning of Hemlock | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera
   countable, uncountable
2. Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.
   countable, uncountable
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. An unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Howard County, Indiana.
5. Cicuta (water hemlock).
   countable, uncountable
6. A census-designated place in Richland Township, Saginaw County, Michigan.
7. Poison obtained from these Conium and Cicuta plants.
   countable, uncountable
8. A census-designated place in the town of Livonia, Livingston County, New York.
9. Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.
   countable, uncountable
10. A village in Perry County, Ohio.
11. An unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon.
12. A township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
13. An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia.
14. Synonym of Stabler, Skamania County, Washington.
15. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
16. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
17. A ghost town in the town of Warner, Clark County, Wisconsin.

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Examples

“Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.”

“In the Tyrol, on May Day, it was the custom to smoke out witches by burning bundles of black and red spotted hemlock. In the eighteenth century hemlock was used for treating cancer, syphilis, and ulcers.”

“There were bunches of wild garlic to keep out evil spirits, foxgloves for healing spells and hemlock and vervain for darker magic.”

“The wind blows and the hemlocks wave their feathery leading shoots. Such a graceful profile, so elegant a tree.”

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