AMIANTHUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Amianthum mean? 

• AMIANTHUM (noun)
  The noun AMIANTHUM has 1 sense:

1. one species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

  Familiarity information: AMIANTHUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMIANTHUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amianthum; genus Amianthum

Hypernyms ("Amianthum" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "Amianthum"):

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

Holonyms ("Amianthum" is a member of...):

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)