conium

• ⇰ A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ( seeds ) and decompound leaves.
• ⇰ The common hemlock (<spn>Conium maculatum</spn>, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used i