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Noun
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hemlock
(poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium)
"Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"
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plant toxin
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phytotoxin
(any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin)
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toxin
(a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species)
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poison
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toxicant
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poisonous substance
(any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism)
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substance
(a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)
"shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man"
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matter
(that which has mass and occupies space)
"physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
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physical entity
(an entity that has physical existence)
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entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
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hemlock
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poison hemlock
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poison parsley
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California fern
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Nebraska fern
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winter fern
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Conium maculatum
(large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous)
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hemlock
(soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock)
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hemlock
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hemlock tree
(an evergreen tree)
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hemlock
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hemlock tree
(an evergreen tree)
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