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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A poisonous mushroom (Amanita muscaria) usually having a red or orange cap with white wartlike patches, and containing compounds that have hallucinogenic properties.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of mushroom, Agaricus muscarius, found in woods, and having a bright-red pileus studded with pale warts, while the stipe and gills are ivory-white.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A poisonous mushroom,
Amanita muscaria , with a large crimson cap, fading to yellow, scattered with white flecks.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills
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tumbel commented on the word fly agaric
"...the fly agaric with its red cap flecked with white..." p 108
November 24, 2007