Definition of aconite
1 : monkshood
2 : the dried poisonous tuberous root of a common monkshood (Aconitum napellus) used especially formerly for its medicinal properties (as in relieving pain)
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Origin and Etymology of aconite
Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin aconitum, from Greek akoniton
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