wolfsbane

American  

[woolfs-bayn] / ˈwʊlfsˌbeɪn /

noun

1. any of several plants in the aconite genus Aconitum, including A. lycoctonum, bearing stalks of hood-shaped purplish-blue flowers, the monkshood A. napellus, which yields a poisonous alkaloid used medicinally, and numerous garden varieties in various colors.

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wolfsbane British  

/ ˈwʊlfsˌbeɪn /

noun

1. any of several poisonous N temperate plants of the ranunculaceous genus Aconitum, esp A. lycoctonum, which has yellow hoodlike flowers

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Etymology

Origin of wolfsbane

1540–50; wolf + 's 1 + bane

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wolfsbane

The Pluskal Group, including Mutabdžija, was studying the same difficult family of diterpenoid alkaloids in wolfsbane, a famously poisonous relative of larkspur that is also known as monkshood.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

The work focused on wolfsbane and larkspur and brought together scientists from Michigan State University and the Czech Academy of Sciences.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

Monkshood is also known as wolfsbane, which Harry Potter fans might recognize as a potion brewed to calm werewolves.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023

We should investigate the possibility of using silver-lined space capsules and the hydroponic cultivation of wolfsbane.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 27, 2023

Other related alkaloids are lycaconitine and myoctonine which occur in wolfsbane, Aconitum lycoctonum.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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