Aconitum

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.

    "Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder."

  2. 2
    Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.

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genus aconitum

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"Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder."

Etymology

From Latin aconītum (“wolfsbane, monkshood”). See aconite.

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