Aconitum

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Aconitum
    n 1: genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern
         hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal [syn:
         {Aconitum}, {genus Aconitum}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aconitum \Ac`o*ni"tum\, n. [L. See {Aconite}.]
   The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
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         As aconitum or rash gunpowder.           --Shak.
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