[ad. L. conīum, a. Gr. κώνειον hemlock.] a. Bot. The Umbelliferous genus to which the common Hemlock, C. maculatum, belongs. b. Med. The hemlock or its extract as a drug. c. attrib.
1862. N. Syd. Soc. Year-bk. of Med., 142. The extract of conium seeds is twenty times as strong as that of the leaves.
1866. Treas. Bot., I. 322. Medicinally conium has been used for promoting the absorption of tumours.
1872. J. H. Bennet, Text-bk. Phys., 371. Conium paralyses the motor and sensitive spinal nerves.
1887. T. L. Brunton, Text-bk. Pharmacol. (ed. 3), 932. The symptoms of conium-poisoning.
