poisonous
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Large-scale manufacturing has become essential to feeding the world’s population, and processes such as fermentation can transform inedible and poisonous plants into dietary staples.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Pluskal Group, including Mutabdžija, was studying the same difficult family of diterpenoid alkaloids in wolfsbane, a famously poisonous relative of larkspur that is also known as monkshood.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
For his part, during his by-election campaign, Burnham warned voters that Britain risked drifting towards the "polarised, poisonous politics" of the United States, where "people in communities don't work together any more".
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
From the outside it looks like an ordinary house on a terraced street - but behind lies a tropical jungle complete with some poisonous plants.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Apparently the seeds are poisonous, but Grandpop eats them every day, which means by now he’s probably had at least a million, and seems fine...minus the whole glaucoma thing.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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