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    FLY POISON

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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 Melanthiaceaeplay

    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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