| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| amanita |
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| SYLLABICATION: | am·a·ni·ta |
| PRONUNCIATION: | m -n t , -n - |
| NOUN: | Any of various mushrooms in the genus Amanita, many of which are extremely poisonous. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin Am n ta, genus name, from Greek am n tai, a fungus.
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