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Meanings of monkshood in English

Portuguese
acônito
Catalan
tora blava
Spanish
pardal

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

        acônito
        Synonyms
        Examples for "helmetflower"
        Examples for "helmetflower"
        1
        From the root of Aconitum Napellus are prepared a liniment and a tincture.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        2
        Aconitum Napellus, common monkshood, is a doubtful native of Britain, and is of therapeutic and toxicological importance.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        Usage of monkshood in English
        1
        Her eyes are a piercing blue, with all that monkshood behind her.
        The Storyteller
        2
        I believe The Sin Eater sent me tea laced with monkshood.
        A necessary evil
        3
        She saw Ian open a pot that she knew contained monkshood.
        Knight of the Demon Queen
        4
        Even Nox wound up chugging a vial of antidote; he'd put monkshood first.
        Throne of Glass
        5
        I walk up the Holy Stairs to find her kneeling in the monkshood.
        The Storyteller
        6
        Green hellebore and monkshood are also classed in the list of the ranker poisons.
        The Naturalist on the Thames
        7
        I put in perhaps almost too much monkshood this time.
        The hangman's daughter
        8
        It's supposed to be an antidote to treat monkshood poisoning.
        A necessary evil
        9
        I have reason to believe it's something called monkshood.
        A necessary evil
        10
        Fortunately, the wizard had dropped his leaf of monkshood.
        Brotherhood of the Wolf
        11
        Scholars eventually concluded that Nicander must have been describing another plant, perhaps monkshood or water hemlock.
        Wicked plants
        12
        And then at last the serpent charm changes the ranunculus into monkshood, and makes it poisonous.
        The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud ...
        13
        I lean over the railing of the Monet garden and cut a few stalks of monkshood.
        The Storyteller
        14
        All the old-fashioned flowers bloomed there; little pink cabbage roses, Turks-caps, lilies, lupins, and monkshood and columbines.
        Esther : a book for girls
        15
        Outside, the spikes of monkshood and delphinium stood erect and motionless against the shadow of the hillside.
        The sleeper awakes
        16
        She was a midwife, after all, and familiar with drugs made of thorn apple, monkshood, or mandrake.
        The hangman's daughter
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        Spanish
        pardal
        Monkshood through the time