monkshood

monks·hood

M0389800 (mŭngks′ho͝od′)n.1. See aconite.2. A poisonous aconite (Aconitum napellus) native to Europe, having racemes of blue or purple flowers.

monkshood

(ˈmʌŋkshʊd) n (Plants) any of several poisonous N temperate plants of the ranunculaceous genus Aconitum, esp A. napellus, that have hooded blue-purple flowers

monks•hood

(ˈmʌŋksˌhʊd)

n. any plant of the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, esp. A. napellus, bearing flowers with a hood-shaped sepal and yielding a poisonous alkaloid used medicinally.

Thesaurus

Noun

monkshood - a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconiteAconitum napellus, helmet flower, helmetfloweraconite - any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers

Translations

aconit

monkshood

monkshood:

see aconiteaconite
, monkshood,
or wolfsbane,
any of several species of the genus Aconitum of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), hardy perennial plants of the north temperate zone, growing wild or cultivated for ornamental or medicinal purposes.
..... Click the link for more information. .

monkshood

[′məŋks‚hu̇d] (botany) aconite

monkshood

any of several poisonous N temperate plants of the ranunculaceous genus Aconitum, esp A. napellus, that have hooded blue-purple flowers

monkshood

enUK

ac·o·nite

(ak'ō-nīt), The dried root of Aconitum napellus (family Ranunculaceae), commonly known as monkshood or wolfsbane; a powerful and rapid-acting poison formerly used as an antipyretic, diuretic, diaphoretic, anodyne, cardiac and respiratory depressant, and externally as an analgesic.

aconite

Herbal medicine
An alkaloid derived from the plant by the same name, which formerly had currency as a medicinal herb; given aconite’s toxicity, it is no longer used in herbal medicine.
Toxicity
Abdominal pain, anxiety, blurred vision, bradycardia, burning sensation, cardiac arrhythmias, chest pain, diaphoresis, dyspnoea, impaired speech, muscular weakness, nausea, paresthesias, vertigo, vomiting, and possibly death due to respiratory failure or ventricular fibrillation.
Management
Gastric lavage, atropine, digitalis.

Homeopathy
A homeopathic remedy for treating swelling, fever, infections, restlessness, anxiety and panic attacks, and parasthesias; it has also been used for anginal pain, arrhythmias, arthritis, asthma, bronchitis, respiratory infections, laryngitis, sore throat, toothaches. In homeopathy, aconite’s concentration is extremely low, thus reducing its potential toxicity.

ac·o·nite

(ak'ŏ-nīt) The dried root of Aconitum napellus (family Ranunculaceae), commonly known as wolfsbane; a powerful and rapid-acting poison formerly used as an antipyretic, diuretic, diaphoretic, anodyne, cardiac and respiratory depressant, and externally as an analgesic.
Synonym(s): fu tzu, monkshood. [L. aconitum, fr. G. akoniton]

monkshood

monks·hood

monkshood

monks•hood

monkshood

monkshood:

monkshood

monkshood

monkshood

ac·o·nite

aconite

ac·o·nite

monkshood

Synonyms for monkshood

noun a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers

Synonyms

Related Words