Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ME-CO'NI-UM
ME-CO'NI-UM, n. [Gr. μηκωνιον, from μηκων, poppy.]
- The inspissated juice of the poppy, which has the virtues of opium in a feeble degree. Coxe. Encyc.
- The first fæces of infants. Coxe.
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