1) AKA monkshood 2) Dangerous plant 3) Dangerous vegetation 4) Dangerous greenery 5) Dicey greenery 6) Dicey plant 7) Dicey vegetation 8) Dicey flora to eat 9) Dicey plant to eat 10) Dodgy plant to eat 11) Dodgy flora to eat 12) Flora with toxic properties 13) French word used in English 14) Hazardous greenery
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• (n.) The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous. • (n.) An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.
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(from the article `monkshood`) A few species are cultivated in gardens, including A. henryi, A. fischeri, and A. uncinatum. All species contain the powerful poison aconitine. The ... ...(Trollius); and marsh marigold (or cowslip; Caltha palustris). Many members also have medicinal uses. A species of monkshood, Aconitum napellus, ... ...
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any member of two genera of perennial herbs of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae): Aconitum, consisting of summer-flowering poisonous plants (see ...
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Fevers, sore throats, coughs, influenza, croup, earaches, and sore eyes, and also emotional states such as anxiety, fright, and shock. The remedy is derived from monkshood, a plant whose beautiful but poisonous flowers are shaped like a monk's head cowl. Aconite is best used in the first stages of an illness, especially when fear and anxiety are p...
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1. <botany> The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous. ... 2. An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally. Winter aconite, a plant (Eranthis hyemalis) allied to the aconites. ... Origin: L. Aconitum, Gr., c...
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(ak´ә-nīt) an extremely toxic substance from the dried root of Aconitum napellus (monkshood or wolfsbane), containing several closely related alkaloids, principally aconitine. It has variable effects on the heart leading to heart failure and it also affects the central nervous system; poisoning can be fatal, ...
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Ac'o·nite noun [ Latin
aconitum , Greek ...: confer French
aconit .]
1. (Botany) The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus
Aconitum (tribe
Hellebore ), all the species of which are poisonous.
2. An extract or tincture ob...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ak′ō-nīt Definitions: 1. The dried root of Aconitum napellus (family Ranunculaceae), commonly known as monkshood or wolfsbane; a powerful and rapid-acting poison formerly used as an antipyretic, diuretic, diaphoretic, anodyne, cardiac and respiratory depressant, and externally as an analgesic. ...
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Aconite (Monkshood) is a genus of hardy herbaceous plants of the family Ranunculaceae. The are remarkable for their poisonous and medicinal properties. Aconite is found in temperate regions of Europe in woods and on shaded stream banks.
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n] - any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers
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noun any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers
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Herbaceous plant belonging to the buttercup family, with hooded blue–mauve flowers, native to Europe and Asia. It produces aconitine, a poison with pain-killing and sleep-inducing properties. (
Aconitum napellus, family Ranunculaceae.) There are about 100 species throughout the northern temperate regions, all hardy he...
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any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
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