Definition of "bikh" [bikh]

• A virulent poison extracted from Aconitum ferox or other species of aconite. (noun)
• The plant itself. (noun)

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• "Potentilla, Paris_ and _Convallariae, _ one of the latter has verticillate leaves, and its root also called "bikh," is considered a very virulent poison."
• "There are many species of the plant found in different parts of the world, and nearly a dozen kinds in the Himalaya Mountains themselves; but the one pointed out by Ossaroo was the _Aconitum ferox_ of botanists, the species from which the celebrated "bikh" poison of the"
• ""Come, Sahib! me show you bikh plant -- plenty grow here.""