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Agaric is an English word with synonyms like fungus or basidiomycete. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Agaric in a sentence

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Agaric | Agaricales

Agaric meaning

  1. Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath.
  2. A dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine (now Laricifomes officinalis, formerly Fomitopsis officinalis, Fomes officinalis, Polyporus officinalis).

Synonyms of Agaric

fomes igniarius fungus basidiomycete basidiomycetous fungi

Related words

Other words often associated with Agaric or its synonyms:

flora plant

Using Agaric

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath. | A dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine (now Laricifomes officinalis, formerly Fomitopsis officinalis, Fomes officinalis, Polyporus officinalis).
  • Useful related words include: fomes igniarius, fungus, basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi.
  • In the example corpus, agaric often appears in combinations such as: fly agaric.

Context around Agaric

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

fly 7× bug 1×

Often after:

became 1× fruiting 1× genus 1× mushroom 1×

Sentence patterns with Agaric

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and bug agaric was an 1× corresponds to agaric genus pholiota 1× fly agaric fruiting bodies 1× fungi fly agaric with its 1× of fly agaric for religious 1× the fly agaric 1× the fly agaric became very 1× the fly agaric by this 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

amanita caesarea can 1× fly agaric fruiting 1× letcher p 122 1× secotioid genus nivatogastrium 1× the english mycologist 1× the lithuanian festivities 1×

Common sentence endings:

and hallucinogenic properties 1× for the species 1× in eastern europe 1× like white eggs 1× mushrooms and toadstools 1× of the phenomenon 1×

Words around Agaric

Just before it in the word index:

agari 2 agard 7 agarbathi 2 agaramthen 2 agara 3 agar 82

Just after it in the word index:

agaricales 3 agarkar 6 agaropectin 2 agarose 40 agartala 59 agaru 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Agaric

  • In this selection, "agaric" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fly, bug, became, fruiting and genus stand out and add context to how "agaric" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and bug agaric was an and corresponds to agaric genus pholiota. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "agaric" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with agaric

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Fly agaric fruiting bodies emerge from the soil looking like white eggs. (12 words)

Letcher, p 122. The mushroom had been identified as the fly agaric by this time. (15 words)

Secotioid genus Nivatogastrium corresponds to agaric genus Pholiota and provides a vivid example of the phenomenon. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

The English mycologist John Ramsbottom reported that Amanita muscaria was used for getting rid of bugs in England and Sweden, and bug agaric was an old alternate name for the species. (31 words)

One of the most iconic and distinctive of fungi, fly agaric, with its red cap and white spots, is renowned for its toxicity and hallucinogenic properties. (26 words)

And so the image of the fly agaric became very common in Victorian literature, especially associated with faeries and little people sitting on mushrooms and toadstools. (26 words)

Example sentences (9)

One of the most iconic and distinctive of fungi, fly agaric, with its red cap and white spots, is renowned for its toxicity and hallucinogenic properties.

Amanita caesarea can be distinguished by its entirely orange to red cap which lacks the numerous white warty spots of the fly agaric.

And so the image of the fly agaric became very common in Victorian literature, especially associated with faeries and little people sitting on mushrooms and toadstools.

Fly agaric fruiting bodies emerge from the soil looking like white eggs.

Letcher, p 122. The mushroom had been identified as the fly agaric by this time.

Secotioid genus Nivatogastrium corresponds to agaric genus Pholiota and provides a vivid example of the phenomenon.

The English mycologist John Ramsbottom reported that Amanita muscaria was used for getting rid of bugs in England and Sweden, and bug agaric was an old alternate name for the species.

The Lithuanian festivities are the only report that Wasson received of ingestion of fly agaric for religious use in Eastern Europe.

Transcription: I then moved on to the appearance of the fly agaric mushroom in our own culture.

Common combinations with agaric

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "agaric" in a sentence?
An example: "One of the most iconic and distinctive of fungi, fly agaric, with its red cap and white spots, is renowned for its toxicity and hallucinogenic properties." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "agaric" from authentic English texts.
What does "agaric" mean?
Agaric means: Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath.
What are synonyms of "agaric"?
Common synonyms of "agaric" include: fomes igniarius, fungus, basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi.
How many example sentences with "agaric" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "agaric", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.