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amanitine

amanitine is the alternative form of amanitin.

Meaning of amanitin

Noun

amanitin (countable and uncountable, plural amanitins)

  1. A deadly amatoxin found in Amanita phalloides (the death cap), the four destroying angels (Amanita bisporigera, Amanita ocreata, Amanita verna, and Amanita virosa), and some other amanitas.
    • Death caps contain a poison called amanitin which, according to the UK's Woodland Trust, is responsible for 90 per cent of all fatalities caused by ingesting fungus.2025 May 17, Jay Rayner, “When foraging turns toxic”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20

Forms of amanitine

pluralamanitines

Questions about amanitine

What is amanitine the alternative form of?
Amanitine is the alternative form of amanitin.

Words near amanitine in the dictionary

  1. amaninamide
  2. amanita
  3. amanitaceous
  4. amanitas
  5. amanitin
  6. amanitine
  7. amanitines
  8. amanitins
  9. amanitoid
  10. Amankwa
  11. Amankwaa

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