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# agaric

«agaric» in Mova's school dictionary: **A mushroom with a cap and gills underneath, such as the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an agaric, agarics)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A mushroom with a cap and gills underneath, such as the common field mushroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agaric/#m1)

2) In "fly agaric": the famous red mushroom with white spots, which is poisonous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agaric/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons, agarics are the typical mushroom shape with a stalk, a cap and gills under the cap that release spores. The fly agaric is the red-and-white toadstool from fairy tales and video games, and it is poisonous. Safety lessons teach never to pick or eat wild mushrooms without an expert.

### examples

- The fly agaric has a red cap with white spots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agaric/#x1)
- Fairies in picture books often sit on a fly agaric. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agaric/#x2)
- An agaric has gills under its cap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agaric/#x3)
- Never eat a wild agaric unless an expert says it is safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agaric/#x4)
- We found agarics growing under the birch trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agaric/#x5)
- The field mushroom you buy in shops is an agaric. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agaric/#x6)

### note

Countable: an agaric, agarics. Pronounced AG-a-rik or a-GAR-ik. Safety: the fly agaric is poisonous; touching is not usually dangerous, but wash your hands and never eat it. Not the same as "agar", a jelly used in science.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «agaric» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agaric/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.