Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of poisonous herbs, natural order Ranunculaceæ, including 20 species, natives of the mountains of the northern hemisphere.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The poisonous herb
aconite ; also, an extract from it. - noun
Aconitum , a genus of plants in the familyRanunculaceae .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pictured above is the Monkshood plant from which the poison aconitum is extracted, also called wolfsbane.
Deane Waldman: The Bane Of My Existence - Come With Me To Work. 2009
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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 Perfect Woman Mother Jones RN 2006
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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 ...
Across China on Foot Edwin John Dingle 1926
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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.
courierpress.com Stories Julie Mallory 2009
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Another of my favorite late bloomers is purple monkshood, or aconitum.
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Another of my favorite late bloomers is purple monkshood, or aconitum.
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Aubin M. "Effect of aconitum and veratrumon the isolated perfused heart of the common eel (Anguilla anguilla)".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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‘precipitium’ (Coryat) ‘precipice’; ‘aconitum’ (Shakespeare) ‘aconite’;
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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(buttercups) and aconitum (aconite), all of which prefer cool weather and have showy blooms.
Drupal Ridgetown Horticultural Society 2010
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Aubin M. "Effect of aconitum and veratrumon the isolated perfused heart of the common eel
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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