See Also: conium(medicine)
conium(dictionary)

polos (iou) and conium (medicine)


polos (iou)



polos noun. M19.
[Late Greek = a head-dress, from Greek = axis.]
A cylindrical head-dress, seen in some representations of Greek and oriental goddesses.

conium (medicine)


conium


The dried unripe fruit of Conium maculatum (family Umbelliferae), also known as spotted cowbane or spotted parsley; it has been used as a sedative, antispasmodic, and anodyne.

Synonym: hemlock.

Origin: L. Fr. G. Koneion, hemlock