The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word HENBANE
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More clues leading to the result HENBANE
- This plant stores poison? Then ban edible contents
- Poisonous plant responsible for fowl pest?
- Toxic growth of gas in French bean stews
- In kitchen ban every poison
- Layer on diseased bean plant
- Egg producer’s embargo on eastern plant that’s poisonous
- When you see wife avoiding cooked bean, don’t eat it!
- Layer on hybrid bean plant
- In kitchen ban every herb that could be lethal?
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The straight part
We know that "This plant stores poison" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case this plant stores poison = henbane.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HENBANE mean?
HENBANE noun- A poisonous plant, Hyoscyamus niger, used sometimes as a drug that causes at least hallucinations, dilated pupils, restlessness, and flushed skin.
- Any other plant of the genus Hyoscyamus.