Hemlock
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The word Hemlock can refer to a number of things:
Several poisonous plants in the Parsley family, Apiaceae (formerly Umbelliferae) are called hemlock:
- Poison hemlock is a common European plant, Conium maculatum; it contains the alkaloid Coniine.
- Poison hemlock was the state poison of ancient Greece.
- Water dropwort is Oenanthe crocota.
Quite different from these are the coniferous trees in the genus Tsuga, family Pinaceae. These are not toxic, being called 'hemlock' through a supposed similarity in the scent of the foliage to that of Conium maculatum.
Hemlock is occasionally used as a place name (generally in the US because of the tree). see:
Hemlock can also refer to the Emacs text editor variant, Hemlock. Poison Hemlock can be easily identifyed by the purple spots on the stem. Template:Disambig