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ACONITUM NAPELLUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Aconitum napellus mean?
• ACONITUM NAPELLUS (noun)
The noun ACONITUM NAPELLUS has 1 sense:
1. a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite
Familiarity information: ACONITUM NAPELLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aconitum napellus; helmet flower; helmetflower; monkshood
Hypernyms ("Aconitum napellus" is a kind of...):
aconite (any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers)
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