poison pill | the target company defends itself by making its stock less attractive to an acquirer |
South American poison toad | a South American toad |
poison | anything that harms or destroys, the poison of fascism |
dental plaque bacterial plaque | a film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental caries |
darling pea poison bush | either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep |
winter sweet poison arrow plant Acocanthera oblongifolia Acocanthera spectabilis | 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 |
bushman's poison ordeal tree Acocanthera oppositifolia Acocanthera venenata | evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa |
fly poison Amianthum muscaetoxicum Amianthum muscitoxicum | all parts of plant are highly toxic, bulb pounded and used as a fly poison, sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae |
poison camas Zigadenus nuttalli | a common perennial death camas, Tennessee to Kansas to Texas |
poison bush poison pea gastrolobium | 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 ash poison dogwood poison sumac Toxicodendron vernix Rhus vernix | smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries, yields an irritating oil |
poison ivy markweed poison mercury poison oak Toxicodendron radicans Rhus radicans | 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 |
western poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum Rhus diversiloba | poisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact |
eastern poison oak Toxicodendron quercifolium Rhus quercifolia Rhus toxicodenedron | poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact |
black nightshade common nightshade poisonberry poison-berry Solanum nigrum | Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible |
hemlock poison hemlock poison parsley California fern Nebraska fern winter fern Conium maculatum | 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 milkweed horsetail milkweed Asclepias subverticillata | milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico, poisonous to livestock |
poison ivy | dermatitis resulting from contact with the poison ivy plant, my poison ivy is drying up |
poison oak | dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison oak plant |
poison sumac | dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison sumac plant |
subacute bacterial endocarditis | a chronic bacterial infection of the endocardium and heart valves, symptoms develop slowly |
botulinum toxin | any of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum, causes muscle paralysis |
botulinum toxin A Botox | a neurotoxin (trade name Botox) that is used clinically in small quantities to treat strabismus and facial spasms and other neurological disorders characterized by abnormal muscle contractions, is also used by cosmetic surgeons to smooth frown lines temporarily |
ricin ricin toxin | a toxic protein extracted from castor beans, used as a chemical reagent, can be used as a bioweapon, one milligram of ricin can kill an adult |
epsilon toxin Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin | a bacterial toxin produced by clostridium perfringens, causes intense abdominal cramps and diarrhea that begins - hours after consumption of foods containing large numbers of these bacteria |
poison gas | a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact, used in chemical warfare |
toxin antitoxin | a mixture of toxin and antitoxin used to immunize against a disease |
poison toxicant poisonous substance | any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism |
toxin | a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species |
animal toxin zootoxin | a toxin resembling bacterial toxins in its antigenic properties that is found in the fluids of certain animals |
bacterial toxin | any endotoxin or exotoxin formed in or elaborated by bacterial cells |
botulin botulinus toxin botulismotoxin | potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism, can be used as a bioweapon |
plant toxin phytotoxin | any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin |
poison | administer poison to, She poisoned her husband but he did not die |
poison envenom | add poison to, Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her |
poison | kill with poison, She poisoned her husband |
poison | kill by its poison, This mushrooms can poison |
poison | spoil as if by poison, poison someone's mind, poison the atmosphere in the office |
bacterial | relating to or caused by bacteria, bacterial infection |