Vocabulary : Coniferin to Conisor

Coniferin : A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.
Coniferous : Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress. ;; Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine tree is the type.
Coniform : Cone-shaped; conical.
Coniine : See Conine.
Conimene : Same as Olibene.

Conine : A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2.
Coniroster : One of the Conirostres.
Conirostral : Belonging to the Conirostres.
Conirostres : A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.
Conisor : See Cognizor.

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