資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Aconitum napellus
n : a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded
blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield
aconite [syn: {monkshood}, {helmetflower}, {helmet flower}]