Hemlock
Encyclopedia
The word hemlock may refer to:
  • Hemlock, several poisonous plants in the Apiaceae family (formerly Umbelliferae):
    • Hemlock (Conium
      Conium
      Conium is a genus of two species of highly poisonous perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to Europe and the Mediterranean region as Conium maculatum, and to southern Africa as Conium chaerophylloides....

      ), two species, one formerly used as a method of execution
    • Water Hemlock (Cicuta)
    • Hemlock water dropwort
      Water dropwort
      The water dropworts, Oenanthe , are a genus of plants in the family Apiaceae. Most of the species grow in damp ground, in marshes or in water....

       (Oenanthe crocata)
  • Hemlock (Tsuga
    Tsuga
    Tsuga is a genus of conifers in the family Pinaceae. The common name hemlock is derived from a perceived similarity in the smell of its crushed foliage to that of the unrelated plant poison hemlock....

    ), a genus of coniferous trees
  • Hemlock (Evergreen series / Radeon HD 5970), A High-performance graphics card code-name.

Places

United States
  • Hemlock, Indiana
    Hemlock, Indiana
    Hemlock is an unincorporated town in southern Taylor Township, Howard County, Indiana, United States. It lies at the intersection of State Road 26 with County Road 450E....

  • Hemlock, Michigan
    Hemlock, Michigan
    Hemlock is an unincorporated community in Richland Township, Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also a census-designated place for statistical purposes, but without any legal status as an incorporated municipality. The population of the CDP was 1,585 at the 2000 census. The area...

  • Hemlock Lake
    Hemlock Lake
    Hemlock Lake is one of the minor Finger Lakes. It is mostly located in Livingston County, New York, south of Rochester, with a portion overlapping into Ontario County....

    , one of the Finger Lakes in New York
  • Hemlock, Ohio
    Hemlock, Ohio
    Hemlock is a village in Salt Lick Township, Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 142 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hemlock is located at ....

  • Hemlock, Wisconsin
    Hemlock, Wisconsin
    Hemlock is an unincorporated community located in the town of Warner, Clark County, Wisconsin, United States....

  • Hemlock Falls
    Hemlock Falls
    Hemlock Falls is a waterfall located in Rabun County, Georgia. It is located in the Tallulah Ranger District of the Chattahoochee National Forest on Moccasin Creek. The Hemlock Trail is about one mile long, beginning at Moccasin Creek State Park and following an old railroad bed. There is a pool...

    , Georgia
  • Hemlock Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania


Canada
  • Hemlock, small community in Norfolk County, Ontario
    Norfolk County, Ontario
    Norfolk County is a rural city-status single-tier municipality on the north shore of Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Bloomsburg is a small town located in Norfolk County and is the hometown of David Slater. The county seat and largest community is Simcoe...


Other uses

  • Compassion & Choices
    Compassion & Choices
    Compassion & Choices is a nonprofit organization in the United States working to improve patients' rights and choices at the end of life...

    , formerly known as the Hemlock Society, a group advocating assisted suicide
  • Hemlock (editor)
    Hemlock (editor)
    Hemlock is a free Emacs-style text editor for most POSIX-compliant Unix systems. It follows the tradition of the Lisp Machine editor ZWEI and the ITS/TOPS-20 implementation of Emacs, but differs from many other Emacs variants in that is written in Common Lisp rather than the usual Emacs Lisp — that...

    , a variant of the Emacs text editor for Unix
  • Hemlock (band)
    Hemlock (band)
    Hemlock is a heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada. The band has been together for more than 17 years , and has played concerts with likes of Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Soulfly, Otep, Slipknot, Snot, Coal Chamber, Obituary, Drowning Pool, Hed PE, Chimaira, Meshuggah, Korn & Ministry.- Biography...

    , a heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Sherlock Hemlock
    Sherlock Hemlock
    Sherlock Hemlock is a former Muppet character on the children's TV show Sesame Street. His catchphrase is "Egad!" which he exclaims whenever he makes a discovery...

    , the name of a Muppet detective
  • Socrates
    Socrates
    Socrates was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary ...

    , Method of execution
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