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; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
noun: poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
Example: "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"