hemlock vs western hemlock

western hemlock vs hemlock

hemlock and western hemlock both are nouns.

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

As nouns, western hemlock is a hyponym of hemlock; that is, western 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
western hemlock: tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree

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

hemlock (noun)	western hemlock (noun)
an evergreen tree, could refer to any one of a genus of conifers named Tsuga	tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree
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 western hemlock

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