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agaricus

American

[uh-gar-i-kuhs] / əˈgær ɪ kəs /

noun

any mushroom of the genus Agaricus, comprising the meadow mushrooms and a commercially grown species, A. brunnescens.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

agaricuses

plural

Etymology

Origin of agaricus

< New Latin. See agaric

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But it is not the common mushroom; it's a large fungus, called the agaricus procerus.

From Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories by Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander)

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