Aconite
Aconite ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Latin aconitum, Greek {not transcribed}: compare French aconit.]
1.
(Botany) The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.
2.
An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.
Collocations (1)
Winter aconite , a plant (Eranthis hyemalis) allied to the aconites.