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