plural aconites
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)
3
: winter aconite
… they began planting one million daffodil, crocus, and aconite bulbs.— Walter Karp
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The first known use of aconite was in 1548
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