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GENUS CONIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Conium mean?
• GENUS CONIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS CONIUM has 1 sense:
1. small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock
Familiarity information: GENUS CONIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Conium; genus Conium
Hypernyms ("genus Conium" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Conium" is a member of...):
Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)
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