Meaning of ACONITE
| Pronunciation: | | 'aku`nIt
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers |
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| | See Also: | | Aconitum, Aconitum lycoctonum, Aconitum napellus, genus Aconitum, helmet flower, helmetflower, monkshood, poisonous plant, wolfbane, wolf's bane, wolfsbane | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ac"o*nite\, n. [L. aconitum, Gr. ?: cf. F. aconit.]
1. (Bot.) The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any
plant of the genus {Aconitum} (tribe {Hellebore}), all the
species of which are poisonous.
2. An extract or tincture obtained from {Aconitum napellus},
used as a poison and medicinally.
{Winter aconite}, a plant ({Eranthis hyemalis}) allied to the
aconites.
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