SINCE 1828
monkshood
noun
monks·hood
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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
noun
monks·hood
| \ ˈməŋ(k)s-ˌhu̇d
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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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