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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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  1. n. A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus Aconitum. See Aconite.
  2. n. poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock
  3. A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus Aconitum. See Aconite. claw">WOLF'S-CLAW Wolf's"-claw`, n. (Bot.) A kind of club moss. See Lycopodium. foot">WOLF'S-FOOT Wolf's"-foot`, n. (Bot.) Club moss. See Lycopodium. WOLF'S-MILK Wolf's"-milk`, n. (Bot.) Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia); -- so called from its acrid milky juice.
  4. A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of monkshood;also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus Aconitum. SeeAconite.
  5. n poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock