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aconite

noun

ac·​o·​nite ˈa-kə-ˌnīt How to pronounce aconite (audio)
plural aconites
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2
: the dried poisonous tuberous root of a common monkshood (Aconitum napellus) used especially formerly for its medicinal properties (as in relieving pain)
3
: winter aconite
… they began planting one million daffodil, crocus, and aconite bulbs. Walter Karp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Winter aconite, which reach 3 to 4 inches in height, is easy to grow and will prosper in full sun or dappled shade and will form large colonies, spreading by seed. Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021 Winter aconite will perform best if the soil moisture is more consistent year-round, versus dry during the dormant season, as many other spring-flowering bulbs prefer. Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021 Snowdrops have been flowering for a week, the aconite about to burst. Heather E. Goodman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2021

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin aconītum, borrowed from Greek akónīton, perhaps of pre-Greek substratal origin

Note: The notion in late antiquity that the word was derived from Greek akonit́ī "without dust," hence, "without a struggle, effortless," referring to the efficacy of the poison, is fanciful.

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of aconite was in 1548

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