coniine
noun
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
conin
-
a variation of
coniine.
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This upon reduction would produce the alkaloid, conin, traces of which have been found in coffee.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
