conium

Noun

co=ni=um

WORDNET DICTIONARY

conium(n = noun.plant) genus conium - small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock; Array

is a kind of rosid dicot genus

is a member of apiaceae, carrot family, family apiaceae, family umbelliferae, umbelliferae

conium, n. [NL., fr. Gr. hemlock.].

A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit (“seeds”) and decompound leaves. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

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