death cap

What does death cap mean?

death cap means "extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills".

What is another word for death cap?

Close synonyms include death cup, death angel, destroying angel, Amanita phalloides. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is death cap a common word?

death cap is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for death cap come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.