myrkkykatkon myrkky — meaning in English

English meaning

• hemlock noun A highly poisonous flowering plant, or the deadly poison extracted from it.

Senses

myrkkykatkon myrkky is used for these senses in English:

• hemlock Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera
• hemlock Poison obtained from these Conium and Cicuta plants. [from c. 1600]

hemlock — full definition

1. noun A highly poisonous flowering plant, or the deadly poison extracted from it.
2. noun A type of coniferous evergreen tree native to North America, unrelated to the poisonous plant despite sharing the name.

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