Noun

1. The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
   • Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder. - Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, IV,iv
2. A genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.

Etymology

Noun

1. Any of the poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum; wolfsbane, monkshood, aconite.
2. A poison made from the poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum.

Descendants

• English: aconite,
• Italian: aconito
• Translingual: aconita, Aconitum