hemlok

Middle English

Alternative forms

• heomlic, hemeluc, hemelok, hemloke, homblok, humlok, homloke, hwmlok, homeluk, hembloke, wamlok, wamloke, humeluch, hummeloc, homelok, humblok, humlock, humbeloch

Etymology

From Old English hymlīc and hymlīce; see English hemlock for more.

Noun

hemlok (plural hemloks)

1. hemlock (Conium maculatum and other herbaceous plants)

Descendants

• English: hemlock
• Scots: hemlok, homlok, humlok, humlock

References

• “hemlok(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.