poison

      Explicit

In the context of biology, poisons are substances that can cause amage, illness, or death to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism. Legally and in hazardous chemical labelling, poisons are especially toxic substances; less toxic substances are labelled "harmful", "irritant", or not labelled at all.

Trivia about poison

  • The morel of the story is that false morels have monomethylhydrazine, so they are this; true morels don't, so eat away
  • The male platypus has a spur on its heel connected to a gland that delivers a type of this
  • "One man's meat is another man's..."
  • Lucrezia Borgia may not be a good choice as a dinner guest if you're toxiphobic, afraid of this
  • Ancient kings of India used ebony for drinking vessels because it supposedly neutralized this
  • Agrippina & Nero were among those who hired Locusta, a lady professional assassain who used this method
  • (Hi, I'm C.C. DeVille.) My band Samantha 7 debuted on the "Behind the Music" episode of this old band of mine
  • Christian Dior introduced this killer scent in 1985
  • To avoid being handed over to the Romans, Hannibal chose this form of suicide, also chosen by Romeo
  • Romeo's parents sobbed in the audience as he ended his life with this method
  • On Christmas Eve in 1988 this group found itself with a No. 1 hit, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
  • A specialized lab is used for toxicology, the detection of these, from the Latin for "drink"