FLY POISON

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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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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