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Conine
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Conine, n. [From Conium.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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