fly agaric

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noun

a very poisonous common woodland mushroom, Amanita muscaria, having a glossy red or orange cap with white spots, formerly a fly poison.

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Origin of fly agaric

First recorded in 1780–90

Words nearby fly agaric

flux gate, fluxion, flux linkage, fluxmeter, fly, fly agaric, fly ash, fly at, flyaway, flyback, fly ball

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How to use fly agaric in a sentence

Many spots in the copse are brilliant with large groups of the scarlet-capped Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria).
Wood and Garden|Gertrude Jekyll
To this group the poisonous but splendid fly-agaric (Agaricus muscarius) belongs.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses|Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
This is the Agaricus muscarius, or Fly Agaric, which is sometimes used as a fly poison.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses|Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
Now, who will be the first to find the bright scarlet fly agaric?
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children|W. Houghton

I do think I espy about twenty yards ahead the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria).
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children|W. Houghton

British Dictionary definitions for fly agaric

fly agaric

noun

a saprotrophic agaricaceous woodland fungus, Amanita muscaria, having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills: poisonous but rarely fatalSee also amanita

Word Origin for fly agaric

so named from its use as a poison on flypaper

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