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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conia \Co*ni"a\ (? or ?), n. [NL. See {Conium}.] (Chem.)
     Same as {Conine}.
     [1913 Webster] Conic

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Conine \Co"nine\ (? or ?), n. [From {Conium}.] (Chem.)
     A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the
     hemlock ({Conium maculatum}) and extracted as a colorless
     oil, {C8H17N}, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It
     is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one
     of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the
     motor nerves. Called also {coniine}, {coneine}, {conia}, etc.
     See {Conium}, 2.
     [1913 Webster]

















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