ACONITE


Meaning of ACONITE in English

Any member of two genera of perennial herbaceous plants of the buttercup family: Aconitum (monkshood or wolfsbane), consisting of summer-flowering poisonous plants, and Eranthis (winter aconite), consisting of spring-flowering ornamentals.

The dried tuberous root of A. napellus was formerly used as a sedative and a painkiller.

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.