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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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Words linked to "Conium" : winter fern, hemlock, Nebraska fern, California fern, genus Conium, Umbelliferae, family Umbelliferae, poison hemlock, family Apiaceae, Conium maculatum, rosid dicot genus, Apiaceae, carrot family