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AMIANTHUM MUSCITOXICUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
All parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
Synonyms:
Amianthum muscaetoxicum; Amianthum muscitoxicum; fly poison
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Amianthum muscitoxicum" is a kind of...):
liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)
Holonyms ("Amianthum muscitoxicum" is a member of...):
Amianthum; genus Amianthum (one species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)