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词汇 aconitum
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Definition of aconitum in English:

aconitum

noun ˌakəˈnʌɪtəm
  • 1A preparation or extract of the root of an aconite (genus Aconitum), especially A. napellus, used as a drug (now mainly in alternative forms of medicine) or as a poison.

  • 2Any of various perennial plants of the Eurasian genus Aconitum (family Ranunculaceae), which comprises the aconites. Also (in form Aconitum): the genus itself.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Macer's Herbal. From classical Latin aconītum plant of the genus Aconitum, this plant used as a poison from ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον the plant Aconitum anthora, in Hellenistic Greek also Aconitum napellus, of uncertain origin.

Definition of aconitum in US English:

aconitum

nounˌakəˈnʌɪtəm
  • 1A preparation or extract of the root of an aconite (genus Aconitum), especially A. napellus, used as a drug (now mainly in alternative forms of medicine) or as a poison.

  • 2Any of various perennial plants of the Eurasian genus Aconitum (family Ranunculaceae), which comprises the aconites. Also (in form Aconitum): the genus itself.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Macer's Herbal. From classical Latin aconītum plant of the genus Aconitum, this plant used as a poison from ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον the plant Aconitum anthora, in Hellenistic Greek also Aconitum napellus, of uncertain origin.

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