Crossword clues for aconitum
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aconitum \Ac`o*ni"tum\, n. [L. See Aconite.] The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
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As aconitum or rash gunpowder.
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Wiktionary
n. 1 The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it. 2 ''Aconitum'', a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.
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Wikipedia
Aconitum , also known as aconite, monkshood, wolf's bane, leopard's bane, mousebane, women's bane, devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or blue rocket, is a genus of over 250 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae. These herbaceous perennial plants are chiefly native to the mountainous parts of the northern hemisphere, growing in the moisture-retentive but well-draining soils of mountain meadows. Most species are extremely poisonous and must be dealt with carefully.
Usage examples of "aconitum".
Pipichari has given me a small quantity of the poisonous paste, and has also taken me to see the plant from the root of which it is made, the Aconitum Japonicum, a monkshood, whose tall spikes of blue flowers are brightening the brushwood in all directions.
The slopes of this hill are covered with the Aconitum Japonicum, of which the Ainos make their arrow poison.
The vines of the clematis tangutica climbed the trellis and the foxglove and aconitum looked hearty and healthy.
Lovingly, she dusted the droopy leaves and parched blossoms of her ailing Aconitum napellus.
Their monastery is still standing today and over its entrance gate the stone crest: a poisonous plant with five blue petals, the uppermost of which resembles a monk's hood -- the Aconitum napellus or blue monkshood.