Poisonous Plants Puzzle
Across
- 2. to be mixed with powdered root of asphodel?
- 8. loved by quitting smokers and children
- 9. cyanide fries
- 11. might drink this if you eat a bhut jolokia
- 13. cardiotoxic plant that grows from a large bulb
- 15. color of Thevetia peruviana
- 19. word that follows monks or neighbor
- 20. Dieffenbachia toxin
- 21. neurotransmitter affected by the nux vomica seeds
- 25. fruit with antifreeze-like toxicity
- 26. a very small amount, like how much ricin would kill you
- 27. prefix meaning "oil"
- 28. color of cohosh used as an herbal contraceptive
- 30. turns your pond green and kills your liver
- 31. lab value that might go up from eating blue-green algae
- 33. how you might feel after touching poison ivy
- 34. acronym, action of one ingredient of ayahuasca
- 35. not me, punnily
- 38. tree with bi-lobed leaves
- 44. what your horse might become after eating Astragalus spp.
- 46. what might be nearby a Cicuta maculata
- 47. Agatha Christie's first weapon
- 48. describes a mushroom that turns black with decay
- 49. plant that mezcal is fermented from
- 50. Jamaican Vomiting Sickness fruit
- 53. flower that might treat your cancer
- 55. mouth color when eating betel nuts
- 56. smells like carrots, but with tuber roots
- 58. describes your mouth after eating henbane
- 60. plant with zombifying red sap
- 62. Latin describing your brain state after eating water hemlock
- 64. a sweet taste of high altitude flowers
- 65. origin of Ayurveda
Down
- 1. can be a beverage or a rock, a great time either way
- 3. abrin-containing seed of the jequirity variety
- 4. reason that certain kings and queens are poisonous
- 5. spicy hallucinations
- 6. its tree bark and sap contain ficin, toxic to dogs
- 7. Chinese berry in the nightshade family
- 10. Queen Elizabeth's fav flower
- 12. your body after a nicotine overdose
- 14. brand name of vitamin B17
- 16. Moruga scorpion stinger
- 17. origin of a discontinued treatment for nightshade
- 18. Datura weed namesake, casually
- 19. poison for a know-nothing
- 22. organ damaged by extract of pennyroyal
- 23. decaf solution to a coffee problem
- 24. how you might feel after eating any of these plants
- 28. toad with a similar toxicity as foxglove
- 29. bane of English soldiers at Jamestown
- 32. one of the drugs from the poppy
- 36. nuts you chew with a leaf
- 37. plant taken from the mouth of Cerberus
- 38. might be fixed if you eat meadow saffron
- 39. nut that cures your morphine addiction
- 40. what you won't do if you drink a bunch of caffeine
- 41. species, used by 40% of the world daily
- 42. Mexican "caterpillar cocoon" psychedelic
- 43. sweet treat that makes you weak
- 45. where you would go if caught extracting opium from poppies
- 51. could be used by Cupid to take your breath away
- 52. tart half of a great summer dessert
- 54. plant type where urushiol can be found
- 57. bad for dogs but not for me
- 59. Walter and Jesse's secret ingredient
- 61. something with layers, like an onion or parfait
- 63. acid from the Hawaiian baby woodrose
- 66. a flower, or colored part of the eye