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markweed

flowers followed by white berries It yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact commonly called poison ivy

Loco

A plant Astragalus Hornii growing in the Southwestern United States which is said to poison horses and cattle first making them insane The name is also given vaguely to several other species of

Mydaleine

A toxic alkaloid ptomaine obtained from putrid flesh and from herring brines As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhoea vomiting and intestinal inflammation

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Nettle

A plant of the genus Urtica covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation Urtica gracilis is common in the Northern and Urtica chamaeligdryoides in the Southern

Orvietan

A kind of antidote for poisons a counter poison formerly in vogue

Pharmacon

A medicine or drug also a poison

Lambkill

having narrower leaves and small red flowers called also calfkill sheepkill sheep laurel etc It is supposed to poison young sheep and other animals that eat it at times when the snow is deep and they cannot

locoism

a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis

Nightshade

nigrum or black nightshade a low branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous

Nicotine

is a colorless transparent oily liquid having an acrid odor and an acrid burning taste It is intensely poisonous The apparently addictive effects of tobacco smoking have been ascribed largely to the effect of nicotine and the

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