Definitions for wolfsbaneˈwʊlfsˌbeɪn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wolfs•baneˈwʊlfsˌbeɪn(n.)
any of several plants of the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, esp. A. lycoctonum, bearing hood-shaped purplish blue flowers.
Category: Plants
Category: Plants
Ref: monkshood.
Origin of wolfsbane:
1540–50
Princeton's WordNet
wolfsbane, wolfbane, wolf's bane, Aconitum lycoctonum(noun)
poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock
Wiktionary
wolfsbane(Noun)
Any of several poisonous perennial herbs of the genus Aconitum.
Origin: From wolf + bane, calque of λυκοκτόνον, from λύκος + κτείνω. Influenced by Latin lycoctonum.
Webster Dictionary
Wolfsbane(noun)
a poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus Aconitum. See Aconite
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