Agaric

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  • noun. Any of numerous mushrooms having an umbrellalike cap with gills beneath, chiefly belonging to the order Agaricales.
  • noun. The dried fruiting body of certain fungal species in the genus Fomes, formerly used in medicine, especially to inhibit the production of sweat.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A fungus of the genus Agaricus.
  • Of or pertaining to agarics; fungoid.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.
  • noun. An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.
  • noun. a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of lime, sometimes called rock milk, formed in caverns or fissures of limestone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of various fungi of the family Agaricaceae, having umbrella-like caps with numerous gills beneath.
  • noun. The dried mushroom used in medicine.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
  • noun. fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses
  • Word Usage
    "Let us not be too quick to explain this refusal by the noxious properties of the olive tree agaric, which is said to be extremely poisonous."
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