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monk's hood

monk's hood is the alternative form of monkshood.

Meaning of monkshood

Noun

monkshood (countable and uncountable, plural monkshoods)

  1. (countable) Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum, with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood.
    • In the shady retreat under the hill grew clusters of luxuriant ferns; the wild French willow stood proudly with its lofty crest of red and gorgeous flowers between the pebbles, but the sedate monk's hood lifted its head still higher and looked gloomily and wickedly down on it, while it nodded and...1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 280
    Synonyms:
    aconite, wolfsbane
  2. (uncountable) The dried leaves or flowers of these plants formerly used as a source of medicinal alkaloids.

Forms of monk's hood

pluralmonk's hoods

Questions about monk's hood

What is monk's hood the alternative form of?
Monk's hood is the alternative form of monkshood.

Words near monk's hood in the dictionary

  1. monk vulture
  2. monk vultures
  3. monk's chair
  4. monk's chairs
  5. monk's head
  6. monk's hood
  7. monk's hoods
  8. monk's pepper
  9. monk's rhubarb
  10. monk's seam
  11. Monk's Tale stanza

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