Genus Aconitum, family Ranunculaceae: several species, including the European A. napellus and the North American A. uncinatum
Example sentencesExamples
The refuge was established to protect the northern monkshood, a relative of the buttercup that the federal government classifies as a threatened species.
The mound, from base to crown, was cloaked in flowers; in monkshood, columbine, goldenrod, blazingstar and others.
He planted an unusual orange-flowered nasturtium relative, Tropaeolum tuberosum, on this tepee and surrounded it with monkshood, a purple perennial.
If I am diligent I can get an extra few weeks out of the delphiniums, foxgloves and monkshood by removing the spent blooms.
Azalea, violets and towering monkshood blended with the coastal wildflowers.
Definition of monkshood in US English:
monkshood
nounˈməNGksho͝odˈməŋkshʊd
An aconite with blue or purple flowers. The upper sepal of the flower covers the topmost petals, giving a hoodlike appearance.
Genus Aconitum, family Ranunculaceae: several species, including the North American A. uncinatum and the European A. napellus
Example sentencesExamples
The mound, from base to crown, was cloaked in flowers; in monkshood, columbine, goldenrod, blazingstar and others.
If I am diligent I can get an extra few weeks out of the delphiniums, foxgloves and monkshood by removing the spent blooms.
Azalea, violets and towering monkshood blended with the coastal wildflowers.
The refuge was established to protect the northern monkshood, a relative of the buttercup that the federal government classifies as a threatened species.
He planted an unusual orange-flowered nasturtium relative, Tropaeolum tuberosum, on this tepee and surrounded it with monkshood, a purple perennial.