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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions;
[syn: Amanita, genus Amanita]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Amanita \Am`a*ni"ta\, n. [NL. See Amanitine.] (Bot.) A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricace[ae], characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and Agaricus phalloides is the death cup (or death cap). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Amanita n 1: genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions [syn: Amanita, genus Amanita]