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• noun (Context 1)
Any poisonous herbaceous plant of the buttercup family belonging to the genus Aconitum, native to mountainous regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and distinguished by its deeply lobed leaves and showy, hood-like blue or purple flowers.
Usage Example
"The botanist wore thick protective gloves while handling the monkshood, well aware that every part of the plant contains dangerous alkaloids."
Strongest
monkshood
wolfsbane
• noun (Context 2)
A highly toxic extract or preparation derived from the dried roots of the monkshood plant, historically used in traditional medicine as a pain reliever but now largely abandoned due to its lethal nature.
Usage Example
"In many Victorian-era detective novels, a lethal dose of aconitine was frequently employed by antagonists to quietly poison their unsuspecting victims."
Strongest
aconitine
Weak
toxin
poison
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