aconitum
n.
aconite, plant having poisonous roots; extract from the poisonous root of an aconite
Aconitum
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
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wolfbane| aconite (gnus Aconitum) (poisonous plant); actonite as a poison