ground hemlock

noun

a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Here were also large areas of creeping juniper and a few small patches of ground hemlock (yew).

The application of a poultice of ground hemlock, or a charge of gum hemlock, will generally be found useful.

Ground hemlock had been skinned of everything except the main stems.

At a height of but two or three feet, among the sprays of this ground-hemlock, we discovered two nests of the species named.

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