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poison hemlock

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
poi-son hem-lock
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

European hemlock Conium maculatum, an extremely poisonous plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae.

Uncountable

noun

A lethally poisonous drink made from the plant.

Uncountable

Etymology

From poison + hemlock.

Usage

Inflected Forms

poison hemlocks (plural)

Synonyms

devil's bread hemlock poison parsley california fern nebraska fern winter fern conium maculatum

Questions

What does poison hemlock mean?
European hemlock Conium maculatum, an extremely poisonous plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae.
Where does poison hemlock come from?
From poison + hemlock.

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