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fly poison

noun

all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae

• Syn: ↑Amianthum muscaetoxicum, ↑Amianthum muscitoxicum

• Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑Amianthum, ↑genus Amianthum

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noun

1. : a bulbous herb (Amianthium muscaetoxicum) of the family Liliaceae of which the pounded bulb has been used as a poison for flies

2. : any of several plants of the genus Zigadenus (especially Z. densus)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.