CONIINE

Etymology

Noun

coniine (usually uncountable, plural coniines)

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

Synonyms: coneine, conia, conicine, conine

Source: Wiktionary


Co*ni"ine ( or , n.

Definition: See Conine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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