An alternative spelling of conin; the poisonous alkaloid found in hemlock plants.
Variant spelling of conin, from Latin 'conium.' Both spellings emerged in 19th-century chemical nomenclature when scientists were systematically naming plant alkaloids.
Chemists couldn't decide on one spelling, so both 'conin' and 'conine' became accepted—similar to how 'doughnut' and 'donut' coexist today. This word shows how chemistry naming conventions were still being standardized during the 1800s.
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