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ground hemlock

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ground hemlock

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

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism
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ground hemlock  
n.  A low-growing yew (Taxus canadensis) of northeast North America.
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