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.
Sinônimos
Examples for "monkshood"
Examples for "monkshood"
1Her eyes are a piercing blue, with all that monkshood behind her.
2I believe The Sin Eater sent me tea laced with monkshood.
3She saw Ian open a pot that she knew contained monkshood.
4Even Nox wound up chugging a vial of antidote; he'd put monkshood first.
5I walk up the Holy Stairs to find her kneeling in the monkshood.
1From the root of Aconitum Napellus are prepared a liniment and a tincture.
2Aconitum 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.
Translations for helmetflower