n.
1.poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
2.large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers
3.soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
4.an evergreen tree
Idiom of the Day
swear by (something)
to have complete confidence in something, to be sure of something
My father swears by the walk that he takes every morning.