agaric
noun/ˈæɡərɪk/, /əˈɡɑːrɪk/
/ˈæɡərɪk/, /əˈɡɑːrɪk/
- a type of fungus with a large top, that looks like a mushroomWord Originlate Middle English (originally denoting various bracket fungi with medicinal or other uses): from Latin agaricum, from Greek agarikon ‘tree fungus’.
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