Main Entry:

monks·hood

Pronunciation:

\ˈməŋ(k)s-ˌhu̇d\

Function:

noun

Date:

1578

: any of a genus (Aconitum) of usually bluish flowered poisonous herbs of the buttercup family ; especially : a poisonous Eurasian herb (A. napellus) often cultivated for its showy terminal racemes of white or purplish flowers — compare wolfsbane