Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name given by the natives of Nepāl to a most virulent poison derived from the roots of Aconitum ferox and probably other species of aconite, and to the roots themselves; Nepāl aconite. Also called bish, bishma, or bisk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The East Indian name of a virulent poison extracted from
Aconitum ferox or other species of aconite: also, the plant itself.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
virulent poison extracted from Aconitum ferox or otherspecies ofaconite . - noun The
plant itself.
Etymologies
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Hindi
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Examples
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Potentilla, Paris_ and _Convallariae, _ one of the latter has verticillate leaves, and its root also called "bikh," is considered a very virulent poison.
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There are many species of the plant found in different parts of the world, and nearly a dozen kinds in the Himalaya Mountains themselves; but the one pointed out by Ossaroo was the _Aconitum ferox_ of botanists, the species from which the celebrated "bikh" poison of the
The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Mayne Reid 1850
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"Come, Sahib! me show you bikh plant -- plenty grow here."
The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Mayne Reid 1850
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