English Dictionary

muscifuge

名詞

稀用

(rare) 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.

日本語の意味

ハエを寄せ付けない、あるいは殺すもの、通常はハエ忌避効果を持つ植物を指す

She kept a muscifuge in a clay pot on the windowsill to repel the summer flies.

彼女は夏のハエを寄せ付けないように、窓辺の鉢にハエ除けの植物を置いていた。

意味（1）

(rare) 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.

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.

muscifuges （ plural ）