HyperDic: death_angel

English > 1 sense of the expression death angel:
NOUNplantdeath angel, death cap, death cup, destroying angel, Amanita phalloidesextremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base
English > death angel: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningExtremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills.
Synonymsdeath cap, death cup, destroying angel, Amanita phalloides
Member ofAmanita, genus Amanitagenus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions
BroaderagaricA saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
CatalanAmanita phalloides

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