wolf's bane

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   poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock

   SynonymswolfsbanewolfbaneAconitum lycoctonum

   Broaderaconite

Questions about wolf's bane

What does wolf's bane mean?

wolf's bane means "poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock".

What is another word for wolf's bane?

Close synonyms include wolfsbane, wolfbane, Aconitum lycoctonum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wolf's bane a common word?

wolf's bane is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.