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Aconitum

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Noun

1. aconitum, genus aconitum

genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal

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Aconitum

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noun
1. 
any of various N temperate plants of the ranunculaceous genus Aconitum, such as monkshood and wolfsbane, many of which are poisonous
Compare winter aconite
2. 
the dried poisonous root of many of these plants, sometimes used as an antipyretic

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Aconitum

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noun
1. 
any of a genus (Aconitum) of poisonous plants of the buttercup family, with blue, purple, or yellow hoodlike flowers; monkshood; wolfsbane
2. 
a rapidly acting poisonous drug usually made from the dried roots of a European monkshood (Aconitum napellus) and formerly used as a cardiac and respiratory sedative
: also ˌacoˈnitum (ˌækəˈnaɪtəm ; akˌənītˈəm)

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