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FLY POISON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fly poison mean?
• FLY POISON (noun)
The noun FLY POISON has 1 sense:
1. all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
Familiarity information: FLY POISON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
All parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Amianthum muscaetoxicum; Amianthum muscitoxicum; fly poison
Hypernyms ("fly poison" is a kind of...):
liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)
Holonyms ("fly poison" is a member of...):
Amianthum; genus Amianthum (one species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)
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