hemlock vs black hemlock

black hemlock vs hemlock

hemlock and black hemlock both are nouns.

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

As nouns, black hemlock is a hyponym of hemlock; that is, black 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
black hemlock: large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock

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

hemlock (noun)	black hemlock (noun)
an evergreen tree, could refer to any one of a genus of conifers named Tsuga	large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock
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 black hemlock

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