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Conine
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Conine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/conine.html. 1828.