aconite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: aconite	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for aconite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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
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.