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amatoxin

noun
/ˌæməˈtɒksɪn/UK/ˌæməˈtɑksɪn/US

Etymology

Blend of amanita + toxin.

  1. derived from toxicum
  2. compounded as amatoxin — “amanita + toxin”

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of toxic peptides produced by several mushrooms of the genus Amanita and…

    Any of a class of toxic peptides produced by several mushrooms of the genus Amanita and others.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for amatoxin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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