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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aconite \Ac"o*nite\, n. [L. aconitum, Gr ?: cf F. aconit.] 1. (Bot.) The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus {Aconitum} (tribe {Hellebore}), all the species of which are poisonous. 2. An extract or tincture obtained from {Aconitum napellus}, used as a poison and medicinally. {Winter aconite}, a plant ({Eranthis hyemalis}) allied to the aconites. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aconite n : 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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