different between chervil vs hemlock

English

Etymology

From Middle English chervell, from Old English cerfelle, from Anglo-Norman chervele (compare Jèrriais chèrfi), from Latin chaerephylla, plural of chaerephyllum, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (khairéphullon)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t???(?)v?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)v?l

Noun

chervil (countable and uncountable, plural chervils)

1. (countable) A leafy herb, Anthriscus cerefolium, resembling parsley.
2. (uncountable) leaves from the plant, used as an herb in cooking, which have a mild flavor of anise.

Synonyms

• (plant): garden chervil, French parsley
• (leaves of herb): gourmet's parsley

Derived terms

• sea chervil (Alcyonidium diaphanum)
• turnip rooted chervil (Chaerophyllum bulbosum)
• bur chervil (Anthriscus caucalis)
• wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris)

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References

• chervil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• chilver

English

Etymology

From Middle English hemlok, hemeluc, from Old English hyml?c, hyml?ce (“hemlock, bryony, convolvulus”, literally “hops-like”), from hymele (“hop-vine”), from Proto-Germanic *humalaz, *humal?n, of unknown origin. Perhaps from Scythian, from *háwmah (“ephedra; juice”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwmas from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to press out, extract”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?m?l?k/

Noun

hemlock (countable and uncountable, plural hemlocks)

1. Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera
   1. Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.
   2. Cicuta, water hemlock plant.
2. The poison obtained from these Conium and Cicuta plants.
4. Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.

Synonyms

• (Conium):, devil's bread, devil's porridge, herb bennet, poison hemlock, poison parsley, Conium maculatum, Conium chaerophylloides
• (Cicuta): beaver poison, cowbane, musquash root, poison parsnip, spotted corobane, water hemlock

Derived terms

• eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
• Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
• Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana)
• Taiwan hemlock, Chinese hemlock (Tsuga chinensis)
• northern Japanese hemlock (Tsuga diversifolia)
• Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)
• Forrest's hemlock (Tsuga forrestii)
• western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)
• southern Japanese hemlock (Tsuga sieboldii)
• mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana)
• poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
• hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae)
• hemlock water parsnip (Sium suave)

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