A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See Aconite.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a plant with a purple flower which grows in the Aleutians and in other parts of Alaska. The root is poisonous.