See Also: agaric(medicine)
fly agaric(medicine)
agaric(dictionary)
agaric(encyclopedia)
agaric acid(medicine)
deadly agaric(medicine)

agaric (iou)



agaric noun. LME.
[Latin agaricum (Pliny) from Greek agarikon tree fungus. Cf. French agaric (15).]
Any of various bracket fungi having medicinal or other uses; esp. Fomes officinalis, a cathartic, and Phellinus ignarius, used to check bleeding, etc. LME-M19.
A gill-bearing mushroom or toadstool, any member of the order Agaricales. E18.
fly agaric: see FLY noun1.