Amanita Definition
ămə-nītə, -nē-
noun
Any of various mushrooms in the genus Amanita, many of which are extremely poisonous. Amanitas have white spores and usually a ring around the stalk and a rounded bulb at the base.
American Heritage
Any of a genus (Amanita) of mushrooms (order Agaricales), with white spores and, usually, white gills, some of which, as the death cap and the fly agaric, are very poisonous.
Webster's New World
Any of very many agaric mushrooms, of the genus Amanita, most of which are very poisonous.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- genus Amanita
pronoun
A taxonomic genus within the family Pluteaceae — the amanita mushrooms.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Amanita
Noun
Singular:
amanita
Plural:
amanitasOrigin of Amanita
New Latin Amānīta genus name from Greek amānītai a fungus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek αμανίτης (amanítis).
From Wiktionary
From the genus name.
From Wiktionary
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