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destroying angel
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Definition of DESTROYING ANGEL
: any of several very poisonous pure white amanita mushrooms (as Amanita verna or A. virosa) : death cap
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First Known Use of DESTROYING ANGEL
circa 1900
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destroying angel
noun de·stroy·ing an·gel \di-ˌstrȯi(-i)ŋ-ˈān-jəl\
Medical Definition of DESTROYING ANGEL
: any of several very poisonous pure white mushrooms of the genus Amanita (as A. verna, A. virosa, or A. ocreata); also : a death cap (A. phalloides) whether white or colored
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