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monks·hood | \ ˈməŋ(k)s-ˌhu̇d 
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\Definition of monkshood
: 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
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monkshood
nounmonks·hood | \ ˈməŋ(k)s-ˌhu̇d \
\Medical Definition of monkshood
: any plant of the genus Aconitum especially : a Eurasian herb (A. napellus) often cultivated for its showy white or purplish flowers that is extremely poisonous in all its parts — see aconite sense 2
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