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- [woo lfs-beyn]
- /ˈwʊlfsˌbeɪn/
- /wˈʊlfsbeɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [woo lfs-beyn]
- /ˈwʊlfsˌbeɪn/
Definitions of wolfsbane word
- noun wolfsbane any of several plants in the aconite genus Aconitum, including A. lycoctonum, bearing stalks of hood-shaped purplish-blue flowers, the monkshood A. napellus, which yields a poisonous alkaloid used medicinally, and numerous garden varieties in various colors. 1
- noun wolfsbane A northern European aconite. 1
- noun wolfsbane any of several poisonous N temperate plants of the ranunculaceous genus Aconitum, esp A. lycoctonum, which has yellow hoodlike flowers 0
- noun wolfsbane aconite; esp., a tall Eurasian plant (Aconitum lycoctonum) with showy, yellow flowers 0
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Origin of wolfsbane
First appearance:
before 1540 One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; wolf + 's1 + bane
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Parts of speech for Wolfsbane
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wolfsbane popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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