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Monkshood
Monkshood meaning
Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum, with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood. | The dried leaves or flowers of these plants formerly used as a source of medicinal alkaloids.
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Threatened species like the small, blue Northern Monkshood flowers and at least nine glacial relict snail species, including the Iowa Pleistocene snail, live there.
In Rizzoli and Isles Season 1 Episode 3 "Sympathy For The Devil" Maura Isles discovered a teenage boy named Matisse killed by monkshood mixed into a water bottle.
Monkshood is notorious for its toxic properties.
They are distinguishable by having one of the five petaloid sepals (the posterior one), called the galea, in the form of a cylindrical helmet; hence the English name monkshood.