Meaning

2 senses
  1. The deadly poisonous mushroom Amanita phalloides.

    Grüner Knollenblätterpilz

    бле́дная пога́нкаblédnaja pogánka

  2. (slang)A potentially dangerous capacitor on the primary side of the power transformer in a guitar amp.

More definitions
  • extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills

Translations

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Deutsch
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Origin

From a clipping of capacitor.

From a clipping of capacitor.

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Forms

plural: death caps
Singulardeath cap
Pluraldeath caps

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

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