agaric

English

Alternative forms

• agarick (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin agaricum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀγαρικόν (agarikón, “a tree fungus, ”)), from the country of Agaria, in Sarmatia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɡəɹɪk/, /əˈɡɑːɹɪk/

Noun

agaric (plural agarics)

1. Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath.
2. A dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine (now , formerly , ).

Derived terms

• fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)

Translations

any fungus having a cap with gills

• Czech: lupenatá houba
• Esperanto: agariko
• Finnish: helttasieni (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: agairg f

  Old Irish: agairc

• Portuguese: agárico m

Further reading

• agaric on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Agaricales on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Agaricales on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Fomitopsis officinalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Arciga, Garcia, Garica

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.ʁik/

Noun

agaric m (plural agarics)

1. agaric

   Synonym: psalliote