English Explanatory Dictionary

death cap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The deadly poisonous mushroom Amanita phalloides.
noun
  1. A potentially dangerous capacitor on the primary side of the power transformer in a guitar amp.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-death cap.wav

Word forms

death cap death caps

Etymology

From a clipping of capacitor.

Synonyms

death cup

Related words

amanitin destroying angel
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