MONKSHOOD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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; monkshood

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("monkshood" is a kind of...):

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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