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DESTROYING ANGEL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills

Synonyms:

Amanita phalloides; death angel; death cap; death cup; destroying angel

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("destroying angel" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("destroying angel" is a member of...):

Amanita; genus Amanita (genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fungus similar to Amanita phalloides

Synonyms:

Amanita verna; destroying angel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("destroying angel" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("destroying angel" is a member of...):

Amanita; genus Amanita (genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions)

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