Conium

2 definitions found

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

  Conium \Co*ni"um\ (? or ?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? hemlock.]
     1. (Bot.) A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered,
        umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and
        decompound leaves.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Conium
       n : small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock [syn: {genus
           Conium}]