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Hemlock - the common ground or dwarf hemlock, a bitter, poisonous plant. The Hebrew rosh is rendered "hemlock" in two passages, (Hosea 10:4; Amos 6:12) but elsewhere "gall." [Gall] (It is possible that the plant is rather the poppy than an hemlock.--Cook.)

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