muscifuge

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something which repels or kills flies, typically a plant; a fly repellent. Also spelled "muscafuge" (1844) by Henry Stephens, who claimed to have coined it. no-plural,rare
    — Pharmacists who are plagued with flies in hot weather will be glad to learn that, according to the Moniteur des Produits Chimiques, the Ricinus sanguinis, a common ornamental foliage plant and own brother to the Ricinus communis, is an effectual muscifuge.

词源

From Latin musca (“fly”) + -fuge (“repellent”), compare medieval Latin muscifugium, a fly fan.
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