Get to know Aconite better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning.
Aconite in a sentence
Aconite meaning
- The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; any plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous.
- An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.
Synonyms of Aconite
Using Aconite
- The main meaning on this page is: The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; any plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous. | An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.
- Useful related words include: poisonous plant.
Context around Aconite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Aconite
- In this selection, "aconite" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, times, uses, medicine, ointment, poisoning and plant stand out and add context to how "aconite" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ancient times aconite is well and crude medicine aconite has long. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "aconite" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with aconite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As a well-known poison from ancient times, aconite is well-suited for historical fiction. (15 words)
In the TV series Dexter (Season 7), the character Hannah McKay uses aconite to poison some of her victims. (19 words)
As he grew wealthier from the sales of his aconite ointment, he bought himself a coal-black coach and six snow-white horses to draw it. (26 words)
As the veterinary historian John Blaisdell has noted, symptoms of aconite poisoning in humans bear some passing similarity to those of rabies: frothy saliva, impaired vision, vertigo, and finally a coma. (31 words)
Herodorus of Heraclea and Euphorion said that when Heracles brought Cerberus up from the underworld at Heraclea, Cerberus "vomited bile" from which the aconite plant grew up. (27 words)
Medicinal use Plant as used in Chinese-style herbology (in Japanese) ( crude medicine Aconite has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda (Hindu traditional medicine). (27 words)
Example sentences (6)
As a well-known poison from ancient times, aconite is well-suited for historical fiction.
As he grew wealthier from the sales of his aconite ointment, he bought himself a coal-black coach and six snow-white horses to draw it.
As the veterinary historian John Blaisdell has noted, symptoms of aconite poisoning in humans bear some passing similarity to those of rabies: frothy saliva, impaired vision, vertigo, and finally a coma.
Herodorus of Heraclea and Euphorion said that when Heracles brought Cerberus up from the underworld at Heraclea, Cerberus "vomited bile" from which the aconite plant grew up.
In the TV series Dexter (Season 7), the character Hannah McKay uses aconite to poison some of her victims.
Medicinal use Plant as used in Chinese-style herbology (in Japanese) ( crude medicine Aconite has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda (Hindu traditional medicine).