Chem. [f. mod.L. Lycocton-um wolf’s-bane (a. Gr. λυκοκτόνον lit. wolf-killer) + -INE.] An alkaloid extract of the Wolf’s-bane.
1878. trans. H. von Ziemssen’s Cycl. Med., XVII. 744. Aconitum lycoctonum … is the only species [of aconitum] that contains no aconitine, but another alkaloid, lycoctonine.
