amanita
/am-uh-nahy-tuh, -nee-/US // ˌæm əˈnaɪ tə, -ˈni- //UK // (ˌæməˈnaɪtə) //
阿玛尼塔,阿曼尼塔,阿曼尼塔,阿马尼塔
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.
Examples
Many spots in the copse are brilliant with large groups of the scarlet-capped Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria).
He chose the lemon-yellow amanita, which has as bad a reputation as the mottled variety, and ate it at supper.
In short, whether it be to us a delicious dish or a deadly poison, no amanita is accepted by the grubs.
I have sometimes employed the mottled amanita, so ill famed in the books, without disastrous result.
Ford claims to have obtained proof that a glucoside contained in the poisonous mushroom Amanita phalloides can act as an antigen.
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