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Noun: fly poison  flI'poy-zun
  1. All parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
    - Amianthum muscaetoxicum, Amianthum muscitoxicum

Derived forms: fly poisons

Type of: liliaceous plant

Part of: Amianthum, genus Amianthum

Encyclopedia: Fly poison

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