poison : Idioms & Phrases

• a poison which irritates, corrodes, or burns the parts to which it is applied.

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• noun poisoning resulting from the ingestion of an alkali compound (as lye or ammonia)
  

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• noun invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
  septicaemia; septicemia.
  

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• (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; toxæmia.

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• noun evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa
  Acocanthera venenata; Acocanthera oppositifolia; ordeal tree.
  

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• noun a toxic condition that results from inhaling and absorbing carbon monoxide gas
  
  • carbon monoxide combines with hemoglobin and displaces oxygen in the blood

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• a poison the action of which is cumulative.

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• noun poisoning due to ingesting or inhaling cyanide; common in smoke from fires and in industrial chemicals
  

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• noun poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact
  Rhus quercifolia; Toxicodendron quercifolium; Rhus toxicodenedron.
  

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

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• noun illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food
  gastrointestinal disorder.
  

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• noun toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
  saturnism; plumbism.
  

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• noun a toxic condition caused by inhaling or ingesting the insecticide Malathion
  

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• noun a toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury; acute mercury poisoning causes a metallic taste and vomiting and diarrhea and kidney problems that may lead to death
  

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• noun toxic condition caused by eating certain species of mushrooms (especially Amanita species)
  

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• noun toxic condition resulting from inhaling or ingesting naphthalene
  

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• noun toxic condition caused by the ingestion or inhalation of large amounts of nicotine
  

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• noun poisoning caused by ingestion of paraquat; characterized by progressive damage to the esophagus and liver and kidneys
  

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• noun a toxic condition resulting from inhalation or ingestion of the insecticide parathion; characterized by nausea and abdominal pains and headache and convulsions and sweating
  

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• noun toxic condition resulting from ingesting or inhaling a pesticide
  

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• noun medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits
  Acocanthera oblongifolia; winter sweet; Acocanthera spectabilis.
  

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• noun smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
  poison dogwood; Toxicodendron vernix; Rhus vernix; poison ash.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus Amyris (A. balsamifera) found in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities. (b) The poison sumac (Rhus venenata) . U. S.

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• noun any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods
  poison bush; gastrolobium.
  
• noun either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
  darling pea.
  

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• noun a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas
  Zigadenus nuttalli.
  

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• noun smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
  poison dogwood; Toxicodendron vernix; Rhus vernix; poison ash.
  

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• (Bot.), poison sumac.

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• (Zoöl.), one of the superior maxillary teeth of some species of serpents, which, besides having the cavity for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of the poison gland terminates. See Illust. under Fang.

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• noun a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare
  

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• (Biol.), a gland, in animals or plants, which secretes an acrid or venomous matter, that is conveyed along an organ capable of inflicting a wound.

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• noun large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
  poison hemlock; hemlock; Nebraska fern; Conium maculatum; California fern; winter fern.
  

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• (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant (Conium maculatum). See Hemlock.

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• noun dermatitis resulting from contact with the poison ivy plant
  
  • my poison ivy is drying up
• noun climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact
  poison mercury; poison ivy; Toxicodendron radicans; markweed; Rhus radicans.
  

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• (Bot.), a poisonous climbing plant (Rhus Toxicodendron) of North America. It is common on stone walls and on the trunks of trees, and has trifoliate, rhombic-ovate, variously notched leaves. Many people are poisoned by it, if they touch the leaves. See Poison sumac. Called also poison oak, and mercury.

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• noun climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact
  poison mercury; poison ivy; Toxicodendron radicans; markweed; Rhus radicans.
  

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• noun milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock
  horsetail milkweed; Asclepias subverticillata.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) Nux vomica . (b) The tree which yields this seed (Strychnos Nuxvomica). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts.

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• noun dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison oak plant
  
• noun climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact
  poison mercury; poison ivy; Toxicodendron radicans; markweed; Rhus radicans.
  

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• (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby Rhus diversiloba of California and Oregon.

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• noun large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
  poison hemlock; hemlock; Nebraska fern; Conium maculatum; California fern; winter fern.
  

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• noun any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods
  poison bush; gastrolobium.
  

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• noun the target company defends itself by making its stock less attractive to an acquirer
  

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• . (Zoöl.) Same as Poison gland, above. See Illust. under Fang.

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• noun dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison sumac plant
  
• noun smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
  poison dogwood; Toxicodendron vernix; Rhus vernix; poison ash.
  

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• (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus Rhus (R. venenata); also called poison ash, poison dogwood, and poison elder. It has pinnate leaves on graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy (Rhus Toxicodendron) have clusters of smooth greenish white berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are harmless. The tree (Rhus vernicifera) which yields the celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of Japan.

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• noun Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
  black nightshade; poisonberry; Solanum nigrum; common nightshade.
  

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• noun a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines
  ptomaine.
  

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• noun poisoning caused by the excessive ingestion of salicylates (usually aspirin)
  

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• noun a South American toad
  

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• noun poisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact
  Toxicodendron diversilobum; Rhus diversiloba.
  

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• (Bot.), a poisonous tree (Euphorbia arborea) of the Spurge family, found in South Africa. Its milky juice is so poisonous that zebras have been killed by drinking water in which its branches had been placed, and it is also used as an arrow poison. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

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