a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, bearing hooded pink or purple flowers and found in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere 乌头
Genus Aconitum, family Ranunculaceae: many species, including monkshood and wolfsbane 乌头属,毛茛科: 多种,包括船形乌头和狼毒乌头 ■[mass noun]an extract of such a plant, used as a poison or in pharmacy (用作毒药或用于制药的)乌头精(提取物)
(亦作 winter aconite)a small herbaceous Eurasian plant, widely cultivated for its yellow flowers in early spring 冬乌头
Genus Eranthis, family Ranunculaceae: several species, in particular E. hyemalis 菟葵属,毛茛科: 数种,尤指冬乌头
语源
mid 16th cent.: via French and Latin from Greek akoniton