Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath.

    a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside

  2. A dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine (now Laricifomes officinalis, formerly Fomitopsis officinalis, Fomes officinalis, Polyporus officinalis).

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Everyone knows what a fly agaric looks like.

    ruВсе знают, как выглядит мухомор. — marafon

  2. Everyone knows what a fly agaric mushroom looks like.

    ruВсе знают, как выглядит мухомор. — marafon

  3. Actually, it's a fly agaric.

    ruВообще-то, это мухомор. — marafon

Translations

3 languages

Origin

From Latin agaricum, from Ancient Greek ἀγαρικόν (agarikón, “a tree fungus (Phellinus poma

From Latin agaricum, from Ancient Greek ἀγαρικόν (agarikón, “a tree fungus (Phellinus pomaceus”)), from the country of Agaria, in Sarmatia.

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Forms

plural: agarics
Singularagaric
Pluralagarics

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses:Fomes igniarius

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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