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Aconitum
see synonyms of aconitumNoun
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
see synonyms of aconitumnoun
1.
any of various N temperate plants of the ranunculaceous genus Aconitum, such as monkshood and wolfsbane, many of which are poisonous
Compare winter aconite2.
the dried poisonous root of many of these plants, sometimes used as an antipyretic
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Aconitum
see synonyms of aconitum 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)Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.