ˌaməˈnīd.ə, -ēd.ə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Greek amanitai (plural), a kind of fungus
: a genus of widely distributed white-spored agarics having an annulus and a volva that is separate from the pileus and with a few exceptions being poisonous
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