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SPOTTED HEMLOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spotted hemlock mean?
• SPOTTED HEMLOCK (noun)
The noun SPOTTED HEMLOCK has 1 sense:
1. tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes
Familiarity information: SPOTTED HEMLOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
spotted cowbane; spotted hemlock; spotted water hemlock
Hypernyms ("spotted hemlock" is a kind of...):
poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)
Holonyms ("spotted hemlock" is a member of...):
Cicuta; genus Cicuta (small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock)
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