MONKSHOOD


Meaning of MONKSHOOD in English

[monks.hood] n (1578): any of a genus (Aconitum) of usu. bluish flowered poisonous herbs of the buttercup family; esp: a poisonous Eurasian herb (A. napellus) often cultivated for its showy terminal racemes of white or purplish flowers--compare wolfsbane

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