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CONIUM MACULATUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Conium maculatum mean? 

CONIUM MACULATUM (noun)
  The noun CONIUM MACULATUM has 1 sense:

1. 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 poisonousplay

  Familiarity information: CONIUM MACULATUM used as a noun is very rare.


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CONIUM MACULATUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California fern; Conium maculatum; hemlock; Nebraska fern; poison hemlock; poison parsley; winter fern

Hypernyms ("Conium maculatum" is a kind of...):

poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

Holonyms ("Conium maculatum" is a member of...):

Conium; genus Conium (small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock)


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