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Wolfsbane

//ˈwʊlfsbeɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several poisonous perennial herbs of the genus Aconitum. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock wordnet
  3. 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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