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Webster 1913 Edition
Conium
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Co-ni′um
(? or [GREEK])
, Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] hemlock.]
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.