agaricus
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a·gar·i·cus 
[uh-gar-i-kuhs] Pronunciation Key
[uh-gar-i-kuhs] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -cus·es.
| any mushroom of the genus Agaricus, comprising the meadow mushrooms and a commercially grown species, A. brunnescens. |
[Origin: < NL. See agaric]
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| agaricus | |
noun | |
| type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species |
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