Etymology: < modern Latin Lycoctonum wolf's-bane ( < Greek λυκοκτόνον lit. wolf-killer) + -inesuffix1.
Chemistry.
An alkaloid extract of the Wolf's-bane.
ΚΠ
1878 tr. H. von Boeck in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XVII. 744 Aconitum lycoctonum..is the only species [of aconitum] that contains no aconitine, but another alkaloid, lycoctonine.
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