Wolfsbane
//ˈwʊlfsbeɪn// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of several poisonous perennial herbs of the genus Aconitum. countable, uncountable
- 2 poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock wordnet
- 3 Arnica montana. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From wolf + -s- + bane, a calque of Ancient Greek λυκοκτόνον (lukoktónon), from λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) + κτείνω (kteínō, “I kill”). Influenced by Latin lycoctonum.
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