MONKSHOOD


Meaning of MONKSHOOD in English

/mungks"hood'/ , n.

a plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, esp. A. napellus, the flowers of which have a large, hood-shaped sepal.

[ 1570-80; MONK + 's 1 + HOOD 1 ]

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