FLY POISON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fly poison mean? 

• FLY POISON (noun)
  The noun FLY POISON has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FLY POISON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLY POISON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amianthum muscaetoxicum; Amianthum muscitoxicum; fly poison

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)