monkshood

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

monkshood
    n 1: a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded
         blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield
         aconite [syn: {monkshood}, {helmetflower}, {helmet flower},
         {Aconitum napellus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Monkshood \Monks"hood`\, n. (Bot.)
   A plant of the genus {Aconitum}; aconite. See {Aconite}.
   [1913 Webster]

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