WOLF'S BANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wolf's bane mean? 

• WOLF'S BANE (noun)
  The noun WOLF'S BANE has 1 sense:

1. poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock

  Familiarity information: WOLF'S BANE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOLF'S BANE (noun)

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Meaning:

Poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aconitum lycoctonum; wolf's bane; wolfbane; wolfsbane

Hypernyms ("wolf's bane" 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)