Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aconite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aconite \Ac"o*nite\, n. [L. aconitum, Gr. ?: cf. F. aconit.]
1. (Bot.) 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aconite
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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