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WOLFSBANE

\wˈʊlfsbe͡ɪn], \wˈʊlfsbe‍ɪn], \w_ˈʊ_l_f_s_b_eɪ_n]\

Definitions of WOLFSBANE

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A plant of the crowfoot family, which yields a drug called aconite.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

See Aconitum.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A species of aconite of the Alps; also, a species of arnica.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A plant of the genus Aconitum, especially Aconitum lycoctonum and Aconitum napellus.
Arnica montana.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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