Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

agaricaceous

American  
[uh-gar-uh-key-shuhs] / əˌgær əˈkeɪ ʃəs /

adjective

  1. belonging to the Agaricaceae, a family of fungi including mushrooms having blade-shaped gills on the underside of the cap.

Etymology

Origin of agaricaceous

< New Latin Agaricace ( ae ) ( agaric, -aceae ) + -ous

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.