monkshood Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite
helmet flower; Aconitum napellus; helmetflower.

WordNet

Monks"hood` noun

Definitions

(Bot.) A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See Aconite.

Webster 1913

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