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Definition of Conium
Co`ni´um | n. | 1. | (Bot.) A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves. | | 2. | (Med.) 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. |
Related Words
Apiaceae, California fern, carrot family, Conium maculatum, family Apiaceae, family Umbelliferae, genus Conium, hemlock, Nebraska fern, poison hemlock, poison parsley, rosid dicot genus, Umbelliferae, winter fern
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