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wolfsbane
[woolfs-beyn]
noun
any of several plants in the aconite genus Aconitum, including A. lycoctonum, bearing stalks of hood-shaped purplish-blue flowers, the monkshood A. napellus, which yields a poisonous alkaloid used medicinally, and numerous garden varieties in various colors.
wolfsbane
/ ˈʊڲˌɪ /
noun
any of several poisonous N temperate plants of the ranunculaceous genus Aconitum, esp A. lycoctonum, which has yellow hoodlike flowers
Word History and Origins
Origin of wolfsbane1
Example Sentences
Monkshood is also known as wolfsbane, which Harry Potter fans might recognize as a potion brewed to calm werewolves.
Aconite, also known as monkshood, helmet flower or wolfsbane, is used in Asian herbal medicines.
Ever since a cave man reached too quickly for a spear, hamstring strains have been the wolfsbane of warriors — weekend and otherwise.
“ is the difference, Potter, between monkshood and wolfsbane?”
In ramrodding an outfit to market, or seeing a plan to completion, all must stand clear of brackish water, wolfsbane and loco weed.
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