Aconitum \Ac`o*ni"tum\, n. [L. See {Aconite}.] The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it. Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder. --Shak.
Aconitum n : genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal [syn: {genus Aconitum}]