Conium

See also: conium

Translingual

Conium maculatum, one of the umbellifers called hemlock

Etymology

From Latin conium, borrowed from Ancient Greek κώνειον (kṓneion).

Proper noun

Conium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – poison hemlock, native around the Mediterranean.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Apiales - order; Apiaceae - family; Apioideae - subfamily; Smyrnieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Conium maculatum, Conium chaerophylloides - species

Further reading

• Conium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Conium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Conium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Conium at USDA Plants database