fly-banen.
/ˈflʌɪbeɪn/, U.S. /ˈflaɪˌbeɪn/ 1. The popular name of various plants: (a) = catchfly n.; (b) the ploughman's spikenard ( Inula conyza); (c) (see quot. 1863).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding poison > plants yielding insecticide or used to repel insects > [noun]
fly-bane1597
bugbane1723
timbo1725
fly-agaric1788
rattleweed1793
cube1924
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > ploughman's spikenard or flea-bane
conyzaOE
louse-seeda1300
herb Christophera1450
fleabane1548
cinnamon-root1597
ploughman's spikenard1597
clown's spikenard1783
fly-bane1861
the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > agaricus fungi
champignon1578
mousserona1655
fairy mushroom1784
fly-agaric1788
Medusa's head1822
Armillaria1829
Clitocybe1836
fly-bane1863
fairies' table1878
muscat1887
1597 J. Gerard Herball Table Eng. Names Fliebane and his kinds, see catch Flie.
1819 A. Rees Cycl. XIV Fly-bane, in Botany, see Silene.
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 300 Inula Conyza (Ploughman's Spikenard)..possesses..a valuable oil..which is said to destroy insects; hence the plant is sometimes called Fly-bane.
1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants Flybane, from being used mixed with milk to kill flies. Agaricus muscarius L.
2. Poison for flies; in quot. 1704 the venom of spiders.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > member of (spider) > venom
fly-bane1704
1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 247 An over-weening Pride [in the Spider]..turns all into Excrement and Venom; producing nothing at last, but Fly-bane and a Cobweb.
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