aconite

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Aconite \Ac"o*nite\, n. [L. aconitum, Gr. ?: cf. F. aconit.]

1.(Bot.) The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous. [1913 Webster]

2.An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally. [1913 Webster]

Winter aconite, a plant (Eranthis hyemalis) allied to the aconites. [1913 Webster]

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