wolfsbane

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For his destruction Medea mingles the wolfsbane, which she once brought with her from the shores of Scythia.

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  1. noun See aconite.
  2. noun Any of several poisonous perennial herbs of the genus Aconitum, especially A. lycoctonum, native to northern Europe, having broad rounded leaves, elongate racemes, and light purple flowers.

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  • ‘Anybody as would dig up the wolfsbane, thinking it were horseradish, must ha’ been mad. —  Mingled With Venom-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 54
  • Monkshood be another name for the wolfsbane and everybody know them purple flowers. —  Mingled With Venom-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 54
  • If it were not, it would hardly be known also as the wolfsbane I suppose the roots did come from a plant of the cultivated variety? —  Mingled With Venom-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 54
  • Who destroyed the wolfsbane which used to be in your garden? —  Mingled With Venom-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 54
  • Dried and powdered caps cap be applied by ingestion Aconitum Napellus This plant has had various names since antiquity including wolfsbane (because its root and raw meat were used as bait to kill wolves), monks-hood (because the hooded flower resembled a monk's cowl), leopard killer, brute killer, and woman killer. —  Poisons
 

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