monkshood

/ˌmʌŋksˈhʊd/

Other forms: monkshoods

Definitions of monkshood

1. noun

   a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite
   synonyms: Aconitum napellus, helmet flower, helmetflower

   type of:

   aconite

   any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers