Word Meanings - FLYBANE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom ; fly agaric.

Related words: (words related to FLYBANE)

• MUSHROOM-HEADED
  Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom.
• CATCHFLY
  A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly.
• MUSHROOM
  An edible fungus , having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored,
• AGARIC
  A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example. 2. An old name for severwal species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood. Note: The "female agaric" was renowned as a cathartic; the "male
• GENUS
  A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
• SILENE
  A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly. Bon Silène. See Silène, in the Vocabulary.
• POISONOUS
  Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious. Shak. -- Poi"son*ous*ly, adv. -- Poi"son*ous*ness, n.
• SUBGENUS
  A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.
• PENSILENESS
  State or quality of being pensile; pendulousness.
• BON SILENE
  A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.