hemlock in Italian
hemlock in Italian is cicuta — hemlock means a highly poisonous flowering plant, or the deadly poison extracted from it.
hemlock in Italian
cicuta
Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera
What does "hemlock" mean?
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noun A highly poisonous flowering plant, or the deadly poison extracted from it.
"In ancient Athens, condemned prisoners were sometimes executed by drinking hemlock."
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noun A type of coniferous evergreen tree native to North America, unrelated to the poisonous plant despite sharing the name.
"The trail wound through a forest of tall hemlock trees."
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hemlock in a sentence
- In ancient Athens, condemned prisoners were sometimes executed by drinking hemlock.
- All parts of the hemlock plant are toxic if eaten.
- The trail wound through a forest of tall hemlock trees.
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What is "hemlock" in Italian?
"hemlock" in Italian is cicuta. hemlock means: A highly poisonous flowering plant, or the deadly poison extracted from it.
How do you use "hemlock" in a sentence?
Example: "In ancient Athens, condemned prisoners were sometimes executed by drinking hemlock." In Italian, "hemlock" is cicuta.
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