Definitions of monkshood
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a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite
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synonyms:
Aconitum napellus, helmet flower, helmetflower
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type of:
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aconite
any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers
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aconite
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