wolfsbane

wolfs·bane

 (wo͝olfs′bān′)

n.

1. See aconite.

2. A poisonous aconite (Aconitum lycoctonum) of Eurasia, having racemes of usually yellowish flowers.

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wolfsbane

(ˈwʊlfsˌbeɪn) or

wolf's-bane

n

(Plants) any of several poisonous N temperate plants of the ranunculaceous genus Aconitum, esp A. lycoctonum, which has yellow hoodlike flowers

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wolfs•bane

(ˈwʊlfsˌbeɪn)

n.

1. any of several plants of the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, esp. A. lycoctonum, bearing hood-shaped purplish blue flowers.

2. monkshood.

[1540–50]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wolfsbane - poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock Aconitum lycoctonum, wolfbane, wolf's bane aconite - 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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Translations

Eisenhut

aconit

tojad

wolfsbane

n (Bot) → Eisenhut m

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