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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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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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full hyponym
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substance meronym
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(n)
conifer
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coniferous tree
(any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
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gymnospermous tree
(any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta)
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tree
(a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
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woody plant
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ligneous plant
(a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)
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vascular plant
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tracheophyte
(green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms)
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plant
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flora
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plant life
((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
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organism
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being
(a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
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living thing
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animate thing
(a living (or once living) entity)
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whole
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unit
(an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)
"how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
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object
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physical object
(a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
"it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
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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))