hemlock vs poison hemlock

poison hemlock vs hemlock

hemlock and poison hemlock both are nouns.

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

As nouns, hemlock and poison hemlock are synonyms defined as:

hemlock and poison 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

Other synonyms of hemlock include California fern, Conium maculatum, Nebraska fern, poison parsley, winter fern.

hemlock (noun)	poison hemlock (noun)
an evergreen tree, could refer to any one of a genus of conifers named Tsuga	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
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 poison hemlock

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