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(<i>n.</i>) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See <a href="conium.htm">Conium</a>.<p>2. (<i>n.</i>) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, / Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce.<p>3. 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