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conium
n.
poison hemlock; totally developed and fully grown but unripe dried fruit of the poison hemlock that contains coniine and methyl by-product which is used as a sedative and narcotic
Conium
Conium ( or ) is a
genus of plants in the
carrot family. The number of acceptable species has been debated;
The Plant List accepts four species. One species,
C. maculatum, is native to the Mediterranean, while the other three are from southern Africa.
Conium
Noun
1. small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock
(synonym) genus Conium
(hypernym) rosid dicot genus
(member-holonym) Umbelliferae, family Umbelliferae, Apiaceae, family Apiaceae, carrot family
(member-meronym) hemlock, poison hemlock, poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter fern, Conium maculatum
Conium
(n.)
The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.
(n.)
A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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conium
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hemlock; (pure Latin cicuta)
