A poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite.
A herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised.
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Examples for "monkshood "
Examples for "monkshood "
1 Her eyes are a piercing blue, with all that monkshood behind her.
2 I believe The Sin Eater sent me tea laced with monkshood .
3 She saw Ian open a pot that she knew contained monkshood .
4 Even Nox wound up chugging a vial of antidote; he'd put monkshood first.
5 I walk up the Holy Stairs to find her kneeling in the monkshood .
1 From the root of Aconitum Napellus are prepared a liniment and a tincture.
2 Aconitum Napellus , common monkshood, is a doubtful native of Britain, and is of therapeutic and toxicological importance.
Any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process.
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