'Coniine' definitions:

Definition of 'Coniine'

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  • Coniine \Co*ni"ine\ (? or ?), n. See Conine. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'coniine'

From: GCIDE
  • Conine \Co"nine\ (? or ?), n. [From Conium.] (Chem.) 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. [1913 Webster]