Aconitum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aconitum \Ac`o*ni"tum\, n. [L. See {Aconite}.]
     The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
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           As aconitum or rash gunpowder.           --Shak.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Aconitum
       n : genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern
           hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal [syn: {genus
           Aconitum}]