Crossword clues for agaric
agaric
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Agaric \Ag"a*ric\ (?; 277), n. [L. agaricum, Gr. ?, said to be fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia.]
(Bot.) A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.
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An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.
Note: The ``female agaric'' ( Polyporus officinalis) was renowned as a cathartic; the ``male agaric'' ( Polyporus igniarius) is used for preparing touchwood, called punk or German tinder.
Agaric mineral, a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of lime, sometimes called rock milk, formed in caverns or fissures of limestone.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting body consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath. 2 A dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine, (now (taxlink Fomitopsis officinalis species noshow=1), formerly (taxlink Fomes officinalis species noshow=1), (taxlink Polyporus officinalis species noshow=1))
WordNet
n. fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses [syn: Fomes igniarius]
a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
Wikipedia
An agaric or is a type of fungal fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus (cap) that is clearly differentiated from the stipe (stalk), with lamellae (gills) on the underside of the pileus. "Agaric" can also refer to a basidiomycete species characterized by an agaric-type fruiting body. Archaically agaric meant 'tree-fungus' (after Latin agaricum); however, that changed with the Linnaean interpretation in 1753 when Linnaeus used the generic name Agaricus for gilled mushrooms.
Most species of agarics are within orders of and describe the members of the order Agaricales in the subphylum Agaricomycotina. The exceptions, where agarics have evolved independently, feature largely in the orders Russulales, Boletales, Hymenochaetales and several other groups of the overarching phylum Basidiomycetes. Old systems of classification place all agarics in the Agaricales and some (mostly older) sources use "agarics" as the colloquial collective noun for the Agaricales. Contemporary sources now tend to use the term euagarics to refer to all agaric members of the Agaricales. "Agaric" is also sometimes used as a common name for members of the genus Agaricus, as well as for members of other genera; for example, Amanita muscaria is sometimes called "fly agaric".
Usage examples of "agaric".
Now, under the Presidency of Theodore Formose, there lived in a peaceable suburb of Alca a monk called Agaric, who kept a school and assisted in arranging marriages.
Tall, thin, and dark, Agaric used to walk in deep thought, with his breviary in his hand and his brow loaded with care, through the corridors of the school and the alleys of the garden.
One July as he was walking in a suburban street which ended in some dusty fields, Agaric heard groans coming from a moss-grown well that had been abandoned by the gardeners.
Father Agaric took leave of his friend and went back satisfied to his school.
After his return to the capital of Penguinia, the Reverend Father Agaric disclosed his projects to Prince Adelestan des Boscenos, of whose Draconian sentiments he was well aware.
When she left the Admiralty, the Viscountess went immediately to the Reverend Father Agaric to give an account of her visit.
And then she would talk of subjects suggested by the pious Agaric, interrupting the conversation with sighs and kisses.
The pious Agaric organised public meetings so as to keep up the agitation.
After some dark and indirect steps the pious Agaric was put into communication in a room in the Moulin de la Galette, with comrades Dagobert, Tronc, and Balafille, the secretaries of three unions of which the first numbered fourteen members, the second twenty-four, and the third only one.
The pious Agaric sought to find the cause of this, but was unable to discover it until old Cornemuse revealed it to him.
Bigourd and the pious Agaric, they should carry on the design of reforming the Republic.
Letters were found at the Admiralty which revealed the complicity of the Reverend Father Agaric in the plot.
The Reverend Father Agaric steadfastly endured the rigour of the laws which struck himself personally, as well as the terrible fall of the Emiral of which he was the chief cause.
In the mean time Father Agaric, who managed his big school for young nobles, followed events with anxious attention.
That is why, if you are guided by me, dear Agaric, you will not engage the Church in this adventure.