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noun

Conium n.

(Bot.) A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves.

(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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... illness, induced by investigating the peculiar principles of narcotic plants, from completing his inquiries, has announced the results of his labours in general terms. He states, that he has found a peculiar narcotic principle in all the narcotic plants; as belladonna, hyosciamus, conium, stramonium, chelidonium, digitalis, &c. The narcotic principles are readily soluble in alcohol, ether, acids, and water, and of a highly offensive odour. This odour is so great in the principle of conium, that it is almost impossible for an individual ...

— North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 • Various

... one pound pulverized Extract of Licorice, one and one-half pounds Pulverized Sugar, four ounces pulverized Cubebs, four ounces pulverized Gum Arabic, and one ounce of pulverized Extract of Conium. Mix. ...

— One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed • C. A. Bogardus

... Conium plasters were formerly employed to dry up the breast milk, and are now found of service to subdue palpitations of ...

— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie