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

an evergreen tree

poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium

“Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”

soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock