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aconitum
n.
aconite, plant having poisonous roots; extract from the poisonous root of an aconite
Aconitum
Aconitum , also known as
aconite,
monkshood,
wolf's bane,
leopard's bane,
mousebane,
women's bane,
devil's helmet,
Queen of all Poisons, or
blue rocket, is a
genus of over 250
species of flowering plants belonging to the
family Ranunculaceae. These herbaceous
perennial plants are chiefly
native to the mountainous parts of the northern hemisphere, growing in the moisture-retentive but well-draining
soils of mountain meadows. Most species are extremely poisonous and must be dealt with carefully.
Aconitum
Noun
1. genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal
(synonym) genus Aconitum
(hypernym) magnoliid dicot genus
(member-holonym) Ranunculaceae, family Ranunculaceae, buttercup family, crowfoot family
(member-meronym) aconite
Aconitum
(n.)
The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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aconitum
N
wolfbane| aconite (gnus Aconitum) (poisonous plant); actonite as a poison
