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Webster 1913 Edition

Wolfsbane

Wolfs′baneˊ

,

Noun.

(Bot.)

A poisonous plant (

Aconitum Lycoctonum

), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus

Aconitum

. See

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Definition 2024

wolfsbane

wolfsbane

See also: wolf's bane

English

Alternative forms

wolf's bane, wolfbane

Noun

wolfsbane ‎(plural wolfsbanes)

Any of several poisonous perennial herbs of the genus Aconitum.

Synonyms

(herb of the genus Aconitum): aconite, monkshood

Translations

herbs of the genus Aconitum

Finnish: ukonhattu (fi)
French: aconit (fr) m
German: Eisenhut (de) m
Japanese: トリカブト ‎(torikabuto)
Polish: tojad (pl) m

Russian: боре́ц (ru) m ‎(boréc), акони́т (ru) m ‎(akonít)
Serbo-Croatian: jedić (sh) m
Swahili: sumu ya mbwa-mwitu
Swedish: stormhatt c

See also

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