coniumn.
/kəʊˈnʌɪəm/ (a) Botany. The Umbelliferous genus to which the common Hemlock, C. maculatum, belongs. (b) Medicine. The hemlock or its extract as a drug.
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poppyOE
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conium1866
hazeline1880
scutellarin1883
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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 322 Medicinally conium has been used for promoting the absorption of tumours.
1872 J. H. Bennett Text-bk. Physiol. II. 369 Conium paralyses the motor and sensitive spinal nerves.
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hemlocka1500
poison hemlock1757
conium1862
1862 Year-bk. Med. 1861 (New Sydenham Soc.) 142 The extract of conium seeds is twenty times as strong as that of the leaves.
1887 T. L. Brunton Text-bk. Pharmacol. (ed. 3) 932 The symptoms of conium-poisoning.
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