bane : Idioms & Phrases

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dog's-bane

Dog's"-bane` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) See Dogbane.
Webster 1913

Goat's bane

  • (Bot.), a poisonous plant (Aconitum Lucoctonum), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.
Webster 1913

leopard's bane

Leop"ard's bane`
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A name of several harmless plants, as Arnica montana, Senecio Doronicum, and Paris quadrifolia.
Webster 1913

leopard's-bane

  • noun any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads
    leopardbane.
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libbard's bane

Lib"bard's bane`
Definitions
  1. . Leopard's bane. Obs.
Webster 1913

wolf's bane

  • noun poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock
    Aconitum lycoctonum; wolfbane; wolfsbane.
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