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Ratsbane

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Rat poison, especially arsenic trioxide.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Rat poison; white arsenic.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Rat poison; white arsenic.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Rat-poison. Arsenious acid is often so called.

n. A plant, Chailletia toxicaria. See rat-poison, 2.

To poison with ratsbane.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer

Word Usage

"Early in June Judith, walking in the wood, brought home the splendid red wood lily, and a cluster too of "ratsbane," with its flowers like a little crown of white wax."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

trioxide

Cross Reference

yellow ratsbane

Same Context

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