aconite

/ˌækəˈnaɪt/

Other forms: aconites

Definitions of aconite

1. noun

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

   Aconitum napellus, helmet flower, helmetflower, monkshood

   a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite

   Aconitum lycoctonum, wolf's bane, wolfbane, wolfsbane

   poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock

   type of:

   poisonous plant

   a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism