Noun
The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.
An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAdditionally Severus Snape lectures Harry Potter when they first meet in the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone that "As for monkshood and wolfsbane, they are the same plant, which also goes by the name of aconite." Source: Internet
As he grew wealthier from the sales of his aconite ointment, he bought himself a coal-black coach and six snow-white horses to draw it. Source: Internet
As the veterinary historian John Blaisdell has noted, symptoms of aconite poisoning in humans bear some passing similarity to those of rabies: frothy saliva, impaired vision, vertigo, and finally a coma. Source: Internet
As a well-known poison from ancient times, aconite is well-suited for historical fiction. Source: Internet
Herodorus of Heraclea and Euphorion said that when Heracles brought Cerberus up from the underworld at Heraclea, Cerberus "vomited bile" from which the aconite plant grew up. Source: Internet
In the TV series Dexter (Season 7), the character Hannah McKay uses aconite to poison some of her victims. Source: Internet