wolfsbane

wolfs·bane  (wlfsbn)

n.

1. See aconite.

2. Any of several poisonous perennial herbs of the genus Aconitum, especially A. lycoctonum, native to northern Europe, having broad rounded leaves, elongate racemes, and light purple flowers.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wolfsbane - poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock Aconitum lycoctonum, wolf's bane, wolfbane aconite - any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers