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    DESTROYING ANGEL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Amanita phalloides; death angel; death cap; death cup; 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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Fungus similar to Amanita phalloidesplay

    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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