wolfs|bane

wolfs|bane
wolfs|bane or wolf's-bane «WULFS BAYN», noun.
any one of several species of aconite, especially a European species with yellowish flowers, sometimes called monkshood.

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  • bane — bane·ful; bane·ful·ly; bris·bane; ca·bane; mir·bane; plum·bane; ur·bane; ur·bane·ly; wolfs·bane; bane; …   English syllables

  • wolfs — wolfs; wolfs·bane; …   English syllables

  • wolf's-bane — wolfs|bane or wolf s bane «WULFS BAYN», noun. any one of several species of aconite, especially a European species with yellowish flowers, sometimes called monkshood …   Useful english dictionary

  • wolf's bane — noun poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock • Syn: ↑wolfsbane, ↑wolfbane, ↑Aconitum lycoctonum • Hypernyms: ↑aconite * * * wolfsˈbane or wolf s bane noun An aconite, es …   Useful english dictionary

  • wolfsbane — wolfs·bane …   English syllables

  • wolfsbane — wolfs•bane [[t]ˈwʊlfsˌbeɪn[/t]] n. 1) pln any of several plants of the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, esp. A. lycoctonum, bearing hood shaped purplish blue flowers 2) pln monkshood • Etymology: 1540–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • wolfsbane — See aconite. * * * wolfs·bane wu̇lfs .bān n a plant of the genus Aconitum esp a monkshood (A. napellus) that is the source of the drug aconite * * * wolfs·bane (woolfsґbān) 1. Arnica. 2. arnica. 3. Aconitum napellus. 4. aconite …   Medical dictionary

  • Aconitum Lycoctonum — Wolfsbane Wolfs bane , n. (Bot.) A poisonous plant ({Aconitum Lycoctonum}), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus {Aconitum}. See {Aconite}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wolfsbane — Wolfs bane , n. (Bot.) A poisonous plant ({Aconitum Lycoctonum}), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus {Aconitum}. See {Aconite}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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