aconite Synonyms
Another word for aconite
• noun (Context 1)
Any of various poisonous herbaceous plants of the genus Aconitum in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), native to mountainous regions of the Northern Hemisphere and cultivated for their tall spikes of distinctive hooded blue, purple, yellow, or white blossoms; also applied to the winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis), known for its bright yellow cup-shaped spring flowers.
"The shaded border of the cottage garden was planted with tall spikes of deep blue monkshood."
• noun (Context 2)
A toxic extract or medicinal preparation derived from the dried roots and leaves of Aconitum napellus, historically used in small doses as a sedative, analgesic, or febrifuge, and notorious as a potent poison.
"In nineteenth-century pharmacopoeias, tincture of toxin was cautiously prescribed to reduce fever and alleviate neuralgic pain."