| Conium (conium) |
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| n. | (? or (?)) |
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| ||Co*ni"um |
| [NL., fr.
Gr. (?) hemlock.] |
A genus
of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants,
bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves.
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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