conium

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: co=ni=um

CIDE DICTIONARY

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]