- death cup
- nounextremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills• Syn: ↑death cap, ↑death angel, ↑destroying angel, ↑Amanita phalloides• Hypernyms: ↑agaric• Member Holonyms: ↑Amanita, ↑genus Amanita
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noun1. also death angel : a very poisonous mushroom (Amanita phalloides) of wide distribution ranging in color from pure white (as usually in the United States) to olive or yellow and having a prominent volva at the base2. : the prominent cuplike enlargement at the base of the stipe in some fungi of the genus Amanita that is characteristic of poisonous forms though present also in some that are harmless* * *
1. a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita.2. the part of this mushroom that persists around the base of the stalk as a membranous cup.[1900-05]* * *
death cap or death cup nounA very poisonous toadstool (Amanita phalloides) often mistaken for an edible mushroom• • •Main Entry: ↑death* * *
death cup,1. a very poisonous, white mushroom found in woodlands, that has a cuplike enlargement at the base of the stem: »Rabbits can digest the death cup (New Scientist).
2. the cuplike enlargement.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.