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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several poisonous white mushrooms of the genus Amanita.
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- noun A deadly
toxic mushroom in theAmanita genus;Amanita virosa .
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- noun fungus similar to Amanita phalloides
- noun extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills
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