aconitum lycoctonum

3 definitions found

aconitum lycoctonum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Acolyctine \Ac`o*lyc"tine\, n. [From the name of the plant.]
     (Chem.)
     An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from
     Aconitum lycoctonum. --Eng. Cyc.
     [1913 Webster]

  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]

aconitum lycoctonum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Aconitum lycoctonum
      n 1: poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves
           and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock [syn: wolfsbane,
           wolfbane, wolf's bane, Aconitum lycoctonum]