Associations to the word «Monkshood»

Wiktionary

MONKSHOOD, noun. (countable) Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum, with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood
MONKSHOOD, noun. (uncountable) The dried leaves or flowers of these plants formerly used as a source of medicinal alkaloids

Dictionary definition

MONKSHOOD, noun. A poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats