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Monkshood   Listen
noun
Monkshood  n.  (Bot.) A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See Aconite.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Monkshood" Quotes from Famous Books



... Ennis, county Clare, where Rudolph Bloom (Rudolf Virag) died on the evening of the 27 June 1886, at some hour unstated, in consequence of an overdose of monkshood (aconite) selfadministered in the form of a neuralgic liniment composed of 2 parts of aconite liniment to I of chloroform liniment (purchased by him at 10.20 a.m. on the morning of 27 June 1886 at the medical hall of Francis Dennehy, 17 Church street, Ennis) after having, though not in consequence ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce

... a bush of maiden-blush roses; a tall spire of blue monkshood; and one head of scarlet lychnis, like a spark of fire; and behind all, the dark blue sea, which faded ...
— Two Years Ago, Volume I • Charles Kingsley



Words linked to "Monkshood" :   aconite, helmetflower, Aconitum napellus



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