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aconite in British English
(ˈækəˌnaɪt) or aconitum (ˌækəˈnaɪtəm)
noun
1.
any of various N temperate plants of the ranunculaceous genus Aconitum, such as monkshood and wolfsbane, many of which are poisonous
Compare winter aconite2.
the dried poisonous root of many of these plants, sometimes used as an antipyretic
Derived forms
aconitic (ˌækəˈnɪtɪk) adjective
Word origin
C16: via Old French or Latin from Greek akoniton aconite, monkshoodaconite in American English
(ˈækəˌnaɪt)
noun
1.
any of a genus (Aconitum) of poisonous plants of the buttercup family, with blue, purple, or yellow hoodlike flowers; monkshood; wolfsbane
2.
a rapidly acting poisonous drug usually made from the dried roots of a European monkshood(Aconitum napellus) and formerly used as a cardiac and respiratory sedative
: also ˌacoˈnitum (ˌækəˈnaɪtəm) Word origin
ModL aconitum < L < Gr akonitonImage ofaconite
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Examples of 'aconite' in a sentenceaconite
Word lists withaconite
Poisonous plants- to lose weight
- to lose your grip
- to lose your mind
- to lose your nerve
- to-lose-your-nerve
- to lose your temper
- to-lose-your-temper
- to lounge around the house/pool
- to love doing/to do sth
- to love sb dearly
- to lower or drop one's guard
- to lower o.s. into a chair/onto a bed
- to lower sth into/to/onto sth
- tolpuddle martyrs
- tolsel
- tolsey
- tolstoy
- tolt
- toltec
- tolter
- tolu
- toluate
- toluca
- toluca de lerdo
- toluene