Helen Fenton

Agaric: Definition and part of speech

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Agaric

  1. n. An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.
  2. n. A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Agar-agar: Definition and part of speech

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Agar-agar

  1. n. A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Agamogenesis: Definition and part of speech

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Agamogenesis

  1. n. Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.