conium

[ koh-nee-uhm ]

noun

1. the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.

conium

/ ˈkəʊnɪəm /

noun

1. either of the two N temperate plants of the umbelliferous genus Conium, esp hemlock
2. an extract of either of these plants, formerly used to treat spasmodic disorders

Word History and Origins

Origin of conium¹

1860–65; < New Latin; Late Latin < Greek kṓneion

Word History and Origins

Origin of conium¹

C19: from Late Latin: hemlock, from Greek kōneion; perhaps related to Greek kōnos cone

Example Sentences

“Cerberin, aconite, conium, polonium—the poisons are all running together in my head.”

From Literature

When the leaves are finely divided, as in Conium, much trouble will be experienced in lifting a half-dried specimen from one paper to another; but the plant may be placed in a sheet of thin blotting paper, and the sheet containing the plant, instead of the plant itself, can then be moved.

From Project Gutenberg

Erravit et Christus piscatores citius quam sophistam ad pr�conium emittens,—TERTULLIAN, de Anima, 3.

From Project Gutenberg

Like other members of the same family, as Conium, it produces very much vertigo, this has always been present in the cases of poisoning with the plant.

From Project Gutenberg

Numerous forms of poisonous fungi, microscopic and otherwise, are here at home, and nourished by the carburetted and other forms of hydrogen gas hourly engendered and saturating the soil; while on the dampest spots the less noxious portions of such hydrates are assimilated by the mint plant in the shape of oil; and which disputes with sour, poisonous, and blossomless grasses for the occupancy of the surface, mingled with the still more noxious straggling forms of the ethusa, occasionally the angelica, vison, conium, &c.

From Project Gutenberg