noun
- plural of monkshood; poisonous plants of the buttercup family with helmet-shaped blue or purple flowers
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The garden featured several varieties of monkshoods along the shaded border.
- Monkshoods are beautiful but extremely toxic if ingested.
- The deep blue monkshoods bloomed in late summer.
- She planted monkshoods in the back of the perennial bed.
- All parts of monkshoods contain deadly alkaloids.
- The tall spikes of monkshoods attracted bees to the garden.