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1. (n.) monkshood
any plant of the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, esp. A. napellus, bearing flowers with a hood-shaped sepal and yielding a poisonous alkaloid used medicinally.
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1. (noun) monkshood, helmetflower, helmet flower, Aconitum napellus
a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite
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1. (noun) monkshood
a plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See Aconite
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