CONIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Conium mean? 

• CONIUM (noun)
  The noun CONIUM has 1 sense:

1. small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock

  Familiarity information: CONIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Conium; genus Conium

Hypernyms ("Conium" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Conium"):

California fern; Conium maculatum; hemlock; Nebraska fern; poison hemlock; poison parsley; winter fern (large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous)

Holonyms ("Conium" is a member of...):

Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)