‖n. [ NL. See Amanitine. ] (Bot.) A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricaceæ, characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and Agaricus phalloides is the death cup (or death cap). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n.; pl.Amanuenses [ L., fr. a, ab + manus hand. ] A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written. [ 1913 Webster ]
[こんごう, kongou](n) (1) vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; (2) thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth#10710[Add to Longdo]