noun
extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills
• Syn: ↑death cap, ↑death cup, ↑destroying angel, ↑Amanita phalloides
• Hypernyms: ↑agaric
• Member Holonyms: ↑Amanita, ↑genus Amanita
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I. noun : azrael
II. noun
: death cup 1
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Azrael.
[1785-95]
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death angel noun
Death cap
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Main Entry: ↑death
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death angel,
1. (in Jewish and Muslim tradition) Azrael, the angel who takes the soul from the body at the moment of death.
2. = death cup. (Cf. ↑death cup)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.