monkshood
a plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, especially A. napellus, the flowers of which have a large, hood-shaped sepal.
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monkshood (Aconitum Napellus) grows four feet high, and has a beautiful blossom of rich blue growing in quite large clusters.
A Woman's Hardy Garden | Helena Rutherfurd ElyAdded to his other accomplishments, Mr. monkshood was a poet.
Edgar Saltus: The Man | Marie SaltusThere are numbers of the pink and the saxifrage families, white and purple monkshood, purple asters, and goldenrod.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland | Enos A. Millsmonkshood grew there, also black and yellow clematis, rhubarb, ranunculus and primulas of different kinds.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BurySo the hollow spur-shaped petals of Columbine were called nectaries; also the curious long-clawed petals of monkshood, 87, &c.
The Elements of Botany | Asa Gray
British Dictionary definitions for monkshood
/ (ˈmʌŋkshʊd) /
any of several poisonous N temperate plants of the ranunculaceous genus Aconitum, esp A. napellus, that have hooded blue-purple flowers
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