amanita

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

noun

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of amanita¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of amanita¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Outside Online

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

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He chose the lemon-yellow amanita, which has as bad a reputation as the mottled variety, and ate it at supper.

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In short, whether it be to us a delicious dish or a deadly poison, no amanita is accepted by the grubs.

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I have sometimes employed the mottled amanita, so ill famed in the books, without disastrous result.

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Ford claims to have obtained proof that a glucoside contained in the poisonous mushroom Amanita phalloides can act as an antigen.

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