WOLFSBANE

wolfsbane, wolfbane, wolf's bane, Aconitum lycoctonum

(noun) poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

wolfsbane (plural wolfsbanes)

Any of several poisonous perennial herbs of the genus Aconitum.

Arnica montana

Synonyms

• (herb of the genus Aconitum): aconite, monkshood

• (Arnica montana): arnica, leopard's bane, leopardsbane, wolf's bane, mountain tobacco, mountain arnica

Anagrams

• wolfbanes

Source: Wiktionary


Wolfs"bane`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus Aconitum. See Aconite.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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