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amanitins

amanitins is the plural 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

Questions about amanitins

What is amanitins the plural of?
Amanitins is the plural of amanitin.

Words near amanitins in the dictionary

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

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