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conine
/'k/oU/n/i/n/
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noun
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A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (<i>Conium maculatum</i>) and extracted as a colorless oil, C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>17</sub>N, 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 <i>coniine</i>, <i>coneine</i>, <i>conia</i>, etc. See <u>Conium</u>, 2.
Source: webster1913