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# poisonous

«poisonous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Containing poison; able to make you very ill or kill you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (poisonous, more poisonous, most poisonous)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Containing poison; able to make you very ill or kill you if eaten, drunk, breathed in or touched. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poisonous/#m1)

2) Of a person or remarks: very unkind and harmful (figurative). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poisonous/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons: poisonous plants, berries and mushrooms — never eat anything from the wild unless an adult who knows says it's safe; household products like bleach and cleaners are poisonous; medicines can be poisonous if you take too much; carbon monoxide gas is poisonous. In science: animals like poison dart frogs are poisonous to eat or touch; animals that bite or sting with poison are venomous. Phrases: poisonous plants, poisonous berries, poisonous mushrooms, poisonous gas, highly poisonous.

### examples

- Some mushrooms are poisonous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poisonous/#x1)
- Don't eat berries from the bushes — they might be poisonous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poisonous/#x2)
- Bleach is poisonous, so keep it locked away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poisonous/#x3)
- Poison dart frogs are poisonous to touch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poisonous/#x4)
- Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas you can't smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poisonous/#x5)
- Foxgloves are poisonous plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poisonous/#x6)
- Is this spider poisonous or venomous? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poisonous/#x7)
- Chocolate is poisonous to dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poisonous/#x8)
- Poisonous flies and gnats flew into the coach by thousands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poisonous/#x9)

### note

Spelling: «poison + ous». Poisonous (harms you when you eat or touch it) vs venomous (injects poison by a bite or sting): a snake is venomous; a toadstool is poisonous. Some foods safe for people are poisonous to pets (chocolate, grapes for dogs).

### In the corpora

- [Some wild mushrooms are deadly poisonous; never eat one because a bot, a website or a friend says it is fine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/7-pretend-games-quotes-and-two-bots/17/)
- [Monarchs taste bad to birds because their caterpillars eat poisonous milkweed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/98-the-butterfly-house/14/)
- [Chocolate is poisonous to dogs, because it contains a chemical that dogs cannot break down well.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/8/)
- [Lilies are very poisonous to cats; even pollen licked off their fur can damage the kidneys.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/9/)
- [If you think a pet has eaten something poisonous, tell an adult at once so they can call a vet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «poisonous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poisonous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.