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Hemlock vs Kecksy - What's the difference?

hemlock | kecksy |

As nouns the difference between hemlock and kecksy

is that hemlock is any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees while kecksy is the hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the hemlock.

hemlock

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga , that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.
  • Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera
  • # Conium'', either ''Conium maculatum or .
  • # Cicuta , plant.
  • The poison obtained from these Conium'' and ''Cicuta plants .
  • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis ) * (Tsuga caroliniana ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * poison hemlock

    kecksy

    English

    Noun

    (kecksies)
  • The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the hemlock.
  • * (editors), ''The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare , New Edition, page 436,
  • Conceives by idleness; and nothing teems, / But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies , burs, / Losing both beauty and utility.

    See also

    * kaxes (plural) * kecks (plural) * kex

    References