hemlock
noun
a poisonous plant, Conium maculatum, of the parsley family, having purple-spotted stems, finely divided leaves, and umbels of small white flowers, used medicinally as a powerful sedative.
hemlocks
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pluralof hemlock.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The study is ongoing, and the researchers plan to focus on stands of hemlocks, rather than single trees, next.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
There you’ll find those old-growth Doug firs, Western hemlocks and Western red cedars — hopefully boughs laden with snow — that Paul Bunyan and his ilk left standing.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
No matter that I’m allergic to almost everything: resiny hemlocks, sweet clover, vanilla-scented bedstraw and almondy meadowsweet.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2022
The family has no yard—the hemlocks grow right to the door.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 10, 2022
In just seven years, the woolly adelgid has fatally damaged more than 90 percent of the park’s hemlocks.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
