agaric
/ˈæɡəɹɪk/ noun
Forms agarics agarick
- noun Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath.
- noun A dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine (now Laricifomes officinalis, formerly Fomitopsis officinalis, Fomes officinalis, Polyporus officinalis).
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Etymology
From Latin agaricum, from Ancient Greek ἀγαρικόν (agarikón, “a tree fungus (Phellinus pomaceus”)), from the country of Agaria, in Sarmatia.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.
- noun An old name for severwal species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.
Etymology [L. agaricum, Gr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “agaric”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details