aconite

winter aconiteWinter aconite (Eranthis).

aconite, any member of two genera of perennial herbs of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae): Aconitum, consisting of summer-flowering poisonous plants (see monkshood), and Eranthis, consisting of spring-flowering ornamentals (see winter aconite).

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