Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera
Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.
Poison obtained from these Conium and Cicuta plants.
Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.
The wind blows and the hemlocks wave their feathery leading shoots. Such a graceful profile, so elegant a tree.
A number of places in the United States:
From Middle English hemlok, hemeluc, from Old English hemlīc, hymlīc m and hymlīce f (“hemlock, bryony, convolvulus”), of uncertain origin. speculative etymology Compare Old English hymele (“hop-vine,...
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