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ACONITUM NAPELLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aconitum napellus mean? 

ACONITUM NAPELLUS (noun)
  The noun ACONITUM NAPELLUS has 1 sense:

1. a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconiteplay

  Familiarity information: ACONITUM NAPELLUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACONITUM NAPELLUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aconitum napellus; helmet flower; helmetflower; monkshood

Hypernyms ("Aconitum napellus" 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)


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