different between aconitum vs monkshood

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin acon?tum (“wolfsbane, monkshood”). See aconite.

Noun

aconitum (plural aconitums)

1. The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
   • c 1598 Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, IV, iv

     Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder.

2. Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.

Anagrams

• acontium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (akóniton, “wolf's bane”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.ko?ni?.tum/, [äk??ni?t????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.ko?ni.tum/, [?k??ni?t?um]

Noun

acon?tum n (genitive acon?t?); second declension

1. Any of the poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum; wolfsbane, monkshood, aconite.
2. A poison made from the poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

References

• aconitum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aconitum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aconitum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• monk's hood

Etymology

From monk +? -s- +? hood.

Noun

monkshood (countable and uncountable, plural monkshoods)

1. (countable) Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum, with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood.
2. (uncountable) The dried leaves or flowers of these plants formerly used as a source of medicinal alkaloids.

Synonyms

• (Aconitum): aconite, wolfsbane

Translations

See also

• Aconitum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies