hemlock
Philosopher's fatal draught
Hemlock is a poisonous plant of the parsley family, notorious since antiquity—Socrates was executed by drinking hemlock extract.
The name also applies to a group of evergreen trees unrelated to the poison plant, valued for timber and ornamental use: a stand of eastern hemlock.
The tree's feathery foliage supposedly resembled the poisonous herb's leaves.
Retains foliage year-round
- coniferCone-bearing tree
- pineCone-bearing evergreen
- spruceNeat; also a conifer
- firCone-bearing evergreen genus
cedar · timber · shade · woodland · forest · bark · branches · canopy
Capable of causing harm
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- poisonousCapable of causing death
- alkaloidNitrogenous plant compound
fatal · death · ingestion · paralysis · neurotoxin · bitter · noxious · hazardous
Study of fundamental truths
- AthensGreece's capital city
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- executionCompleting a planned task
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
death · cup · martyrdom · condemned · prison · dialogues · ethics · gadfly
Uncultivated flowering plant
taproot · roadside · ditch · invasive · foraging · misidentification
Enchanted liquid mixture
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- witchesPractitioners of dark magic
- baneCause of destruction
- curseInvoked harm through words
spell · alchemy · incantation · hex · enchantment · necromancy · ritual · folklore
evergreen
Retains foliage year-round
fir · cedar · timber · shade · woodland · forest · bark · branches · canopy · sapling
toxic
Capable of causing harm
alkaloid · fatal · death · ingestion · paralysis · neurotoxin · bitter · noxious · hazardous · toxicology
philosophy
Study of fundamental truths
Plato · death · cup · martyrdom · condemned · prison · dialogues · ethics · gadfly · democracy
wildflower
Uncultivated flowering plant
biennial · taproot · roadside · ditch · invasive · foraging · misidentification
potion
Enchanted liquid mixture
curse · spell · alchemy · incantation · hex · enchantment · necromancy · ritual · folklore · Hecate
hemlockantidote
Substance neutralizing harmful agents
medicine · remedy · tonic · healing herb · medicinal plant
hemlocktree of life
Diagram of evolutionary connections
ambrosia · elixir of life · manna · nectar · lotus
hemlockwild carrot
Undomesticated form of daucus
Queen Anne's lace · dandelion · chickweed · lamb's quarters · purslane
- poison hemlockToxic flowering plant
- water hemlockDeadly aquatic flowering plant
- hemlock treesGenus Tsuga conifers
- hemlock forestGrove of tsuga trees
- western hemlockNorthwest coastal conifer