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wolfs·bane (wo̵olfs′bān′)

noun

aconite; esp., a tall Eurasian plant (Aconitum lycoctonum) with showy, yellow flowers

Etymology: transl. of L lycoctonum < Gr lykotonon < lykos, wolf + base of kteinein, to kill

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