hemlock
a poisonous plant; perhaps either Conium maculatum (poison hemlock), a member of the carrot family; or Hyoscyamus reticulatus (veined henbane); also used to denote poison in a more generic sense
“hemlock.” Atlas. Accessed 2026. https://fcbh-atlas.vercel.app/en/term/hemlock
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