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am⋅a⋅ni⋅ta

[am-uh-nahy-tuh, -nee-]

–noun

any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.

Origin:
1821; < NL < Gk amānîtai (pl.) kind of fungi

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am·a·ni·ta (ām'ə-nī'tə, -nē'-) Pronunciation Key
n. Any of various mushrooms in the genus Amanita, many of which are extremely poisonous.

[New Latin Amānīta, genus name, from Greek amānītai, a fungus.]

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amanita
noun
genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions

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Amanita Am·a·ni·ta (ām'ə-nī'tə, -nē'-)
n.
A genus of mushrooms with many highly poisonous species.

Amanita

Am`a*ni"ta\, n. [NL. See Amanitine.] (Bot.) A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricace[ae], characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and A. phalloides is the death cup.

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