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Aconitum
(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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aconitum
(wn) | Aconitum
n 1: genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern
hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal [syn:
Aconitum, genus Aconitum] |
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Aconitum ferox
(gcide) | Bikh \Bikh\, n. [Hind., fr. Skr. visha poison.] (Bot.)
The East Indian name of a virulent poison extracted from
Aconitum ferox or other species of aconite: also, the plant
itself.
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Aconitum Lucoctonum
(gcide) | Goat \Goat\ (g[=o]t), n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[=a]t; akin to
D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged,
Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zool.)
A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several
species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat ({Capra
hircus}), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
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Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have
long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile
fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra [ae]gagrus),
of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its
stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species
of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat
(Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the
antelopes. See Mazame.
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Goat antelope (Zool), one of several species of antelopes,
which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved
horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail,
as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.
Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig.
Goat house.
(a) A place for keeping goats.
(b) A brothel. [Obs.]
Goat moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the
large European species (Cossus ligniperda), the larva of
which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three
years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the
he-goat.
Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus
Capraria (Capraria biflora).
Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant ({Aconitum
Lucoctonum}), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from
Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.
Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel ({Oxalis
caprina}) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.
Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis
of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United
States).
Goat's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Astragalus
Tragacanthus}), found in the Levant.
Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred
to Atraphaxis).
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Aconitum lycoctonum
(gcide) | Acolyctine \Ac`o*lyc"tine\, n. [From the name of the plant.]
(Chem.)
An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from
Aconitum lycoctonum. --Eng. Cyc.
[1913 Webster]Wolfsbane \Wolfs"bane`\, n. (Bot.)
A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of
monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the
genus Aconitum. See Aconite.
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Aconitum Lycoctonum
(gcide) | Acolyctine \Ac`o*lyc"tine\, n. [From the name of the plant.]
(Chem.)
An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from
Aconitum lycoctonum. --Eng. Cyc.
[1913 Webster]Wolfsbane \Wolfs"bane`\, n. (Bot.)
A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of
monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the
genus Aconitum. See Aconite.
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Aconitum napellus
(gcide) | Aconite \Ac"o*nite\, n. [L. aconitum, Gr. ?: cf. F. aconit.]
1. (Bot.) The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any
plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the
species of which are poisonous.
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2. An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus,
used as a poison and medicinally.
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Winter aconite, a plant (Eranthis hyemalis) allied to the
aconites.
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aconitum
(wn) | Aconitum
n 1: genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern
hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal [syn:
Aconitum, genus Aconitum] |
aconitum lycoctonum
(wn) | Aconitum lycoctonum
n 1: poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves
and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock [syn: wolfsbane,
wolfbane, wolf's bane, Aconitum lycoctonum] |
aconitum napellus
(wn) | Aconitum napellus
n 1: a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded
blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield
aconite [syn: monkshood, helmetflower, helmet flower,
Aconitum napellus] |
genus aconitum
(wn) | genus Aconitum
n 1: genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern
hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal [syn:
Aconitum, genus Aconitum] |
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