'Dwarf hemlock' definitions:

Definition of 'Dwarf hemlock'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [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}. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({Abies Canadensis} or Tsuga Canadensis); hemlock spruce. [1913 Webster]
  • The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. [1913 Webster]
  • Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground. [1913 Webster]