Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of poisonous herbs, natural order Ranunculaceæ, including 20 species, natives of the mountains of the northern hemisphere. They have very irregular, showy flowers, and are often found in cultivation, as the common monk's-hood (A. Napellus) and wolf's-bane (A. lycoctonum). The roots and leaves, chiefly of A. Napellus, are used medicinally. See
aconitin . The bikh of Nêpal, used in poisoning arrows and also as a source of aconitin, is derived mainly fromA. ferox .
Wiktionary
- n. The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
- n. Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
WordNet 3.0
- n. genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal
Etymologies
- From Latin aconītum ("wolfsbane, monkshood"). See aconite. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Pictured above is the Monkshood plant from which the poison aconitum is extracted, also called wolfsbane.”
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“LOL- just kidding. but do the docs read your blog too? oh- desert_man, i wondered about the aconite too, 'til i realized the context of the whole prescription. it must have been aconitum homeopathic, not raw aconite. i guess.”
“The poison used is invariably a decoction expressed from the tubers of a species of _aconitum_, which grows on those ranges at an altitude of 8,000 to 10,000 feet ...”
“Cautionary herbs used exclusively in medicine are also listed along with the care in cultivation and identification as they may cause irritation and sometimes death - digitalis, aconitum and ruta graveolens.”
“Another of my favorite late bloomers is purple monkshood, or aconitum.”
“Aubin M. "Effect of aconitum and veratrumon the isolated perfused heart of the common eel (Anguilla anguilla)".”
“‘precipitium’ (Coryat) ‘precipice’; ‘aconitum’ (Shakespeare) ‘aconite’;”
“(buttercups) and aconitum (aconite), all of which prefer cool weather and have showy blooms.”
“Aubin M. "Effect of aconitum and veratrumon the isolated perfused heart of the common eel”
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