Aconite Definition & Genera

English name: Aconite

Sub Title:  Definition & Genera

Manchurian monkshood
Manchurian monkshood

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).