Read the dictionary definition of hemlock. All definitions for this word.
1. an evergreen tree
2. soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
3. 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
4. poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
1. Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock
