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Meanings of genus aconitum in English

Portuguese
aconitum
Catalan
aconitum

Genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal.

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        Examples for "Aconitum"
        Examples for "Aconitum"
        1
        From the root of Aconitum Napellus are prepared a liniment and a tincture.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        2
        Other related alkaloids are lycaconitine and myoctonine which occur in wolfsbane, Aconitum lycoctonum.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        3
        It is the Aconitum of medicine, the Monk's-hood or Wolf's-bane' of our ancestors.
        A Woman-Hater
        4
        They put hereinto Eleoselinum, Aconitum, frondes populeas, & Soote.
        Elizabethan Demonology / An Essay in Illustration of the Belief ...
        5
        The roots of Aconitum ferox supply the famous Indian (Nepal) poison called bikh, bish or nabee.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        Translations for genus aconitum
        Portuguese
        aconitum