amanita

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

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

Origin of amanita

1
1821; <New Latin <Greek amānîtai (plural) kind of fungi

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How to use amanita in a sentence

  • An amanita muscaria key chain is rolling around under the driver’s seat.

  • Many spots in the copse are brilliant with large groups of the scarlet-capped Fly Agaric (amanita muscaria).

    Wood and Garden | Gertrude Jekyll
  • He chose the lemon-yellow amanita, which has as bad a reputation as the mottled variety, and ate it at supper.

    The Life of the Fly | J. Henri Fabre
  • In short, whether it be to us a delicious dish or a deadly poison, no amanita is accepted by the grubs.

    The Life of the Fly | J. Henri Fabre
  • I have sometimes employed the mottled amanita, so ill famed in the books, without disastrous result.

    The Life of the Fly | J. Henri Fabre
  • Ford claims to have obtained proof that a glucoside contained in the poisonous mushroom amanita phalloides can act as an antigen.

British Dictionary definitions for amanita

amanita

/ (ˌæməˈnaɪtə) /


noun
  1. any of various saprotrophic agaricaceous fungi constituting the genus Amanita, having white gills and a broken membranous ring (volva) around the stalk. The genus includes several highly poisonous species, such as death cap, destroying angel, and fly agaric

Origin of amanita

1
C19: from Greek amanitai (plural) a variety of fungus

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