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Definition: Agaric |
AgaricNoun1. Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses. 2. A saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "agaric" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
Etymology: Agaric \Ag"a*ric\, noun. [Latin expression agaricum, Greek, said to be from Agara, town in Sarmatia.]. (references) |
Synonym: AgaricSynonym: Fomes igniarius (n). (additional references) |
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| "Fly agaric 2" by L L Commentary: "Flyagaric toadstool." |
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Expressions using "agaric": agaric acid ♦ Agaric mineral ♦ Caesar's agaric ♦ fly agaric ♦ honey agaric ♦ oyster agaric ♦ royal agaric ♦ surgeon's agaric. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fly agaric | 21 |
fly agaric mushroom | 6 |
agaric | 5 |
agaric amanita fly muscaria | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "agaric"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | një lloj këpurdhe helmonjëse (fly agaric). (various references) | |
Arabic | الغارقيونات, الغارقيون. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | гъба (fungus, mushroom, sponge, toadstool). (various references) | |
Danish | svamp hørende til familien Agaricacae (bracket fungi, toadstool), bladhat (bracket fungi, toadstool). (various references) | |
Dutch | plaatzwam (bracket fungi, toadstool), plaatjeszwam (bracket fungi, toadstool), paddestoel (fungus, mushroom). (various references) | |
Finnish | helttasieni (bracket fungi, toadstool). (various references) | |
French | agaric. (various references) | |
German | Blätterpilz (bracket fungi, toadstool). (various references) | |
Greek | αγαρικό. (various references) | |
Hebrew | פטריה (fungus, mushroom, mycete). (various references) | |
Hungarian | galóca. (various references) | |
Italian | agarico (bracket fungi, toadstool). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | agaricay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | agárico (mushroom). (various references) | |
Russian | пластинчатый гриб. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pečurka (mushroom, toadstoll). (various references) | |
Spanish | agaricales (bracket fungi, toadstool), agárico. (various references) | |
Swedish | skivling (toadstool). (various references) | |
Turkish | katran köpüğü, çayır mantarı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | пластинчатий гриб. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "agaric": agarics. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "agaric" (pronounced 'Ag"a*ric'): Acentric, Actinometric, Aerometric, Afric, Agastric, Anelectric, Anisometric, Anthracometric, Anthropocentric, Antipodagric, Archbishopric, Auric, Baldric, Barycentric, Bishopric, Boric, Cacogastric, Calorimetric, Cambric, Capric, Cerebric, Chivalric, Chlorhydric, Chloric, Choric, Christocentric, Cimbric, Citric, Clinometric, Cric, Cupric, Cylindrometric, Cymric, Dynamo-electric, ferric, Fluoboric, Fluohydric, Fulminuric, Galvanometric, gastric, Gastroenteric, Glycoluric, gravimetric, homocentric, hydric, Lecanoric, Leucoturic, Logometric, Lumbric, Magnetometric. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-i-r" | |
-1 letter: acari, agria, cigar. | |
-2 letters: agar, aria, crag, raga, ragi, raia. | |
-3 letters: aga, air, arc, car, cig, gar, rag, ria, rig. | |
-4 letters: aa, ag, ai, ar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-i-r" | |
+1 letter: agarics, agravic. | |
+2 letters: agraphic, arcading, carangid, cardigan, carriage, craaling, margaric, tragical, vicarage. | |
+3 letters: algebraic, arcadings, carangids, cardigans, carriages, cartilage, ciguatera, graphical, pragmatic, vicarages. | |
+4 letters: abreacting, acerbating, acierating, aragonitic, archaising, archaizing, archegonia, arthralgic, attracting, barracking, campaigner, caracoling, caravaning, cardiogram, caretaking, carjacking, carpogonia, cartilages, castigator, castrating, ciguateras, lacerating, macerating, magistracy, mascaraing, massacring, morganatic, paraplegic, placarding, pragmatics, radicating, ransacking, sarcophagi, tragically, vagrancies. | |
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