Meaning of 'hemlock'

noun

an evergreen tree

Synonyms: hemlock tree

noun

soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock

noun

large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers

Synonyms: poison hemlock poison parsley winter fern

noun

poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium

Example: "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"