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fly agaric definition

fly agaric

a poisonous mushroom (Amanita muscaria) usually having an orange or russet cap with white flakes and white gills
also fly amanita

Etymology: orig. used as a fly poison

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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