Noun: fly poison flI'poy-zun
- All parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
"Fly poison was historically used by farmers as a natural pesticide";
- Amianthum muscaetoxicum, Amianthum muscitoxicum
Derived forms: fly poisons
Type of: liliaceous plant
Part of: Amianthum, genus Amianthum
Encyclopedia: Fly poison