monkshood
monkshood · monkshoods
Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum, with blue or white flowers in…Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum, with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum, with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood.
(uncountable)The dried leaves or flowers of these plants formerly used as a source of medicinal alkaloids.
More definitions
- a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite
Origin
From monk + -s- + hood.From monk + -s- + hood.
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Forms
plural: monkshoodsSynonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite:helmetflowerhelmet flowerAconitum napellus
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmonkshood vine
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable