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coniine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
coni-ine
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A poisonous alkaloid found in poison hemlock and the yellow pitcher plant; it is a neurotoxin which disrupts the peripheral nervous system.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κώνειον (kṓneion, “hemlock”) + -ine.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: κώνειον

Usage

Inflected Forms

coniines (plural)

Derived Forms

paraconiine

Synonyms

coneine conia conicine conine

Questions

What does coniine mean?
A poisonous alkaloid found in poison hemlock and the yellow pitcher plant; it is a neurotoxin which disrupts the peripheral nervous system.
Where does coniine come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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