wolfsbane

wolfs·bane

W0202100 (wo͝olfs′bān′)n.1. See aconite.2. A poisonous aconite (Aconitum lycoctonum) of Eurasia, having racemes of usually yellowish flowers.

wolfsbane

(ˈwʊlfsˌbeɪn) or

wolf's-bane

n (Plants) any of several poisonous N temperate plants of the ranunculaceous genus Aconitum, esp A. lycoctonum, which has yellow hoodlike flowers

wolfs•bane

(ˈwʊlfsˌbeɪn)

n. 1. any of several plants of the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, esp. A. lycoctonum, bearing hood-shaped purplish blue flowers. 2. monkshood. [1540–50]

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Noun

wolfsbane - poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstockAconitum lycoctonum, wolfbane, wolf's baneaconite - any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers

Translations

wolfsbane

wolfsbane:

see aconiteaconite
, monkshood,
or wolfsbane,
any of several species of the genus Aconitum of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), hardy perennial plants of the north temperate zone, growing wild or cultivated for ornamental or medicinal purposes.
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wolfsbane

[′wu̇lfs‚bān] (botany) aconite

wolfsbane

ac·o·nite

(ak'ō-nīt), The dried root of Aconitum napellus (family Ranunculaceae), commonly known as monkshood or wolfsbane; a powerful and rapid-acting poison formerly used as an antipyretic, diuretic, diaphoretic, anodyne, cardiac and respiratory depressant, and externally as an analgesic.

aconite

Herbal medicine
An alkaloid derived from the plant by the same name, which formerly had currency as a medicinal herb; given aconite’s toxicity, it is no longer used in herbal medicine.
Toxicity
Abdominal pain, anxiety, blurred vision, bradycardia, burning sensation, cardiac arrhythmias, chest pain, diaphoresis, dyspnoea, impaired speech, muscular weakness, nausea, paresthesias, vertigo, vomiting, and possibly death due to respiratory failure or ventricular fibrillation.
Management
Gastric lavage, atropine, digitalis.

Homeopathy
A homeopathic remedy for treating swelling, fever, infections, restlessness, anxiety and panic attacks, and parasthesias; it has also been used for anginal pain, arrhythmias, arthritis, asthma, bronchitis, respiratory infections, laryngitis, sore throat, toothaches. In homeopathy, aconite’s concentration is extremely low, thus reducing its potential toxicity.

Herbal medicine Arnica (Arnica Montana)
Homeopathy Aconite (Aconitum napellus)

wolfs·bane

(wulfs'bān) 1. Arnica. 2. Aconite.

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Synonyms for wolfsbane

noun poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock

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