What does "hemlock" mean?
Hemlock: (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, or Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. Longfellow.
Additional senses
- 2.The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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