Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An alkaloid (C8H17NO) found in the leaves and fruit of Conium maculatum. It forms colorless iridescent crystals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (
Conium maculatum ). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine.
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- noun organic chemistry A
vegetable alkaloid , C8H17NO, found withconine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum).
Etymologies
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conium hydrate
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The ethereal solution is then cooled down to a low temperature, whereby it is separated from conhydrine, which, being somewhat difficultly soluble in ether, crystallizes out.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various
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