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CONINE
Co
"
nine
(
or,
n.
Etym:
[
From
Conium.
] (
Chem.
)
Defn: A
powerful
and
very
poisonous
vegetable
alkaloid
found
in
the
hemlock
(
Conium
maculatum )
and
extracted
as
a
colorless
oil,
C8H17N,
of
strong
repulsive
odor
and
acrid
taste.
It
is
regarded
as
a
derivative
of
piperidine
and
likewise
of
one
of
the
collidines.
It
occasions a
gradual
paralysis
of
the
motor
nerves.
Called
also
coniine,
coneine,
conia,
etc.
See
Conium,
2.
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