hemlock vs Carolina hemlock

Carolina hemlock vs hemlock

hemlock and Carolina hemlock both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hemlock	Yes	No	No	No
Carolina hemlock	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Carolina hemlock is a hyponym of hemlock; that is, Carolina hemlock is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hemlock:

hemlock: an evergreen tree, could refer to any one of a genus of conifers named Tsuga
Carolina hemlock: medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales

Other hyponyms of hemlock include Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, spruce pine, Tsuga canadensis, Tsuga caroliniana, black hemlock, mountain hemlock, Tsuga mertensiana, Pacific hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, west coast hemlock, western hemlock.

hemlock (noun)	Carolina hemlock (noun)
an evergreen tree, could refer to any one of a genus of conifers named Tsuga	medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales
soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium

Difference between hemlock and Carolina hemlock

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