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HEMLOCK TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hemlock tree mean?
• HEMLOCK TREE (noun)
The noun HEMLOCK TREE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: HEMLOCK TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An evergreen tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hemlock; hemlock tree
Hypernyms ("hemlock tree" is a kind of...):
conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
Meronyms (substance of "hemlock tree"):
hemlock (soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hemlock tree"):
Canadian hemlock; eastern hemlock; spruce pine; Tsuga canadensis (common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood)
Carolina hemlock; Tsuga caroliniana (medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales)
black hemlock; mountain hemlock; Tsuga mertensiana (large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock)
Pacific hemlock; Tsuga heterophylla; west coast hemlock; western hemlock (tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree)
Holonyms ("hemlock tree" is a member of...):
genus Tsuga; Tsuga (hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce)
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