death cup

What does death cup mean?

death cup 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 cup?

Close synonyms include death cap, 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 cup a common word?

death cup 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 cup come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.