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单词 fly agaric
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fly agaric


noun

a very poisonous common woodland mushroom, Amanita muscaria, having a glossy red or orange cap with white spots, formerly a fly poison.

Origin of fly agaric

First recorded in 1780–90

Words nearby fly agaric

fluxion, fluxionary hyperemia, flux linkage, fluxmeter, fly, fly agaric, fly ash, fly at, flyaway, flyback, fly ball
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Example sentences from the Web for fly agaric

  • The fly-agaric is quite as poisonous as its more common relative, and is equally to be shunned.

    Health on the Farm|H. F. Harris

British Dictionary definitions for fly agaric

fly agaric

noun

a saprotrophic agaricaceous woodland fungus, Amanita muscaria, having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills: poisonous but rarely fatalSee also amanita

Word Origin for fly agaric

so named from its use as a poison on flypaper
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