FALSE DEATHCAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false deathcap mean? 

• FALSE DEATHCAP (noun)
  The noun FALSE DEATHCAP has 1 sense:

1. agaric often confused with the death cup

  Familiarity information: FALSE DEATHCAP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSE DEATHCAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Agaric often confused with the death cup

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amanita mappa; false deathcap

Hypernyms ("false deathcap" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("false deathcap" is a member of...):

Amanita; genus Amanita (genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions)