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wolf's-bane, † wolfbane|ˈwʊlfsbeɪn|
[f. wolf's, gen. of wolf n. + bane n.1, rendering mod.L. lycoctonum, a. Gr. λυκοκτόνον lit. ‘wolf-slayer’.]
A plant of the genus Aconitum, esp. A. lycoctonum, with dull yellow flowers, occurring in mountainous regions in Europe. Also applied to Arnica montana (winter wolf's-bane), and to the winter aconite, Eranthis hyemalis.
1548Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 9 The other kynde [of Aconitum] is called Lycoctonum, & in englishe it maye be called wolfes bayne. But this kynde is deuided into two other kyndes, of whiche..the one may be called in englishe monkes coule or blewe wolfsbaine. The other kinde..may be called in Englishe yelowe wolfesbayn. 1578,1597[see monk's-hood 1]. 1629Parkinson Parad. xxvi. 216 Most Herbarists call it Aconitum hyemale, and we in English thereafter, Winters Wolfesbane. 1656W. Coles Art of Simpling 66 The Oyntment that Witches use is reported to be made..of the Juices of Smallage, Woolfsbaine and Cinquefoyle. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 332. 1785 Martyn Lett. Bot. xxi. (1794) 298 Wholesome Wolfsbane [Aconitum Anthora]..has five capsules,..and the flowers are sulphur-coloured. 1820Keats Melancholy i, Go not to Lethe, neither twist Wolf's-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine. 1846–50A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 146 Aconitum uncinatum. American Wolf's-Bane. 1856–60A. Gray Man. Bot. N.U.S. 13 Aconitum reclinatum. Trailing Wolfsbane. 1866Treas. Bot. 1235/2. |