aconite – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
aconite
n.
any of a number of plants having poisonous roots; dried poisonous roots of these plants
Aconite
Aconite may refer to:
- Aconitum, a plant genus containing the monkshoods
- Aconitine, a toxin derived from some of the Aconitum genus plants
- Winter aconite, a plant in the genus Eranthis
aconite
Noun
1. any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers
(hypernym) poisonous plant
(hyponym) monkshood, helmetflower, helmet flower, Aconitum napellus
(member-holonym) Aconitum, genus Aconitum
Aconite
(n.)
The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.
(n.)
An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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