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white agaric — noun : purging agaric … Useful english dictionary
white matsutake — noun a large white mushroom that develops brown stains as it ages; gills are white; odor is spicy and aromatic; collected commercially for oriental cooking the Pacific Northwest • Syn: ↑Armillaria ponderosa • Hypernyms: ↑agaric … Useful english dictionary
agaric acid — Chem. a white, microcrystalline, water soluble powder, C22H40O7: formerly used in medicine to stop excessive perspiration. Also, agaricic acid /ag euh ris ik, ag /. [1875 80] * * * … Universalium
purging agaric — n a common white basidiomycetous fungus (Fomitopsis officinalis syn. Fomes officinalis of the family Polyporaceae) that is found in the U.S. and Europe on conifers (as larch and pine) and that has been used in medicine as a purgative called also… … Medical dictionary
purging agaric — noun Etymology: from present participle of purge (I) : a common white pore fungus (Fomes officinalis) of Europe and America that causes a heart rot of various conifers and has been used as a purgative in human medicine called also white agaric … Useful english dictionary
fly agaric — noun poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills • Syn: ↑Amanita muscaria • Hypernyms: ↑agaric • Member Holonyms: ↑Amanita, ↑genus Amanita * * * ˌfly ˈagaric 7 [ … Useful english dictionary
royal agaric — noun widely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaric • Syn: ↑Caesar s agaric, ↑Amanita caesarea • Hypernyms: ↑agaric • Member Holonyms: ↑Amanita, ↑genus Amanita * * * … Useful english dictionary
fly agaric — Fly amanita Fly amanita, Fly fungus Fly fungus . (Bot.) A poisonous mushroom ({Amanita muscaria}, syn. {Agaricus muscarius}), having usually a bright red or yellowish cap covered with irregular white spots. It has a distinct volva at the base,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fly agaric — n. [orig. used as a fly poison] a poisonous mushroom (Amanita muscaria) usually having an orange or russet cap with white flakes and white gills: also fly amanita … English World dictionary
fly agaric — n a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita (A. muscaria) that has a variably colored but typically bright red pileus with a warty white scurf on the surface that with the related death cap is responsible for most cases of severe mushroom… … Medical dictionary
