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Definition of conine in English English dictionary
- Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc
- It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines
- 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
- See Conium, 2
- It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves