monkshood (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *monkshood*:
NOUN	plant	monkshood, helmetflower, helmet flower, Aconitum napellus	a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers

English > *monkshood*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	A poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite.
Synonyms	helmetflower, helmet flower, Aconitum napellus
Broader	aconite	Any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers
Spanish	anapelo, napelo, pardal, uva lupina, verga
Catalan	acònit, Aconitum napellus, tora blava, tora

HyperDic: monkshood