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monkshood
[ muhngks-hood ]
noun
- a plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, especially A. napellus, the flowers of which have a large, hood-shaped sepal.
monkshood
/ ˈmʌŋkshʊd /
noun
- any of several poisonous N temperate plants of the ranunculaceous genus Aconitum, esp A. napellus, that have hooded blue-purple flowers
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Word History and Origins
Origin of monkshood1
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Example Sentences
Monkshood (Aconitum Napellus) grows four feet high, and has a beautiful blossom of rich blue growing in quite large clusters.
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Added to his other accomplishments, Mr. Monkshood was a poet.
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There are numbers of the pink and the saxifrage families, white and purple monkshood, purple asters, and goldenrod.
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Monkshood grew there, also black and yellow clematis, rhubarb, ranunculus and primulas of different kinds.
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So the hollow spur-shaped petals of Columbine were called nectaries; also the curious long-clawed petals of Monkshood, 87, &c.
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