Conium Definition
kōnē-əm
noun
Any of a small genus (Conium) of poisonous biennial herbs of the umbel family, with carrotlike leaves and rounded fruits, as the poison hemlock.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- genus Conium
pronoun
A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae — poison hemlock, native around the Mediterranean.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Conium
Noun
Singular:
conium
Plural:
coniumsOrigin of Conium
Late Latin cōnium from Greek kōneion probably from kōna liquid pitch
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek κονασ (konas, “to whirl”), a reference to vertigo, a symptom of ingesting the plant.
From Wiktionary
From the genus name.
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