WATER HEMLOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water hemlock mean? 

• WATER HEMLOCK (noun)
  The noun WATER HEMLOCK has 1 sense:

1. tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas

  Familiarity information: WATER HEMLOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER HEMLOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cicuta verosa; water hemlock

Hypernyms ("water 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 ("water hemlock" is a member of...):

Cicuta; genus Cicuta (small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock)