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Definition: rock milk
Agaric
\Ag"a*ric\ (?; 277), n. [L. agaricum, Gr. ?, said to be
fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia.]
1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus
Agaricus, of many species,
of which the common mushroom is an example.
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2. An old name for several species of
Polyporus, corky
fungi growing on decaying wood.
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Note: The
“female agaric” (
Polyporus officinalis) was
renowned as a cathartic; the
“male agaric”
(
Polyporus igniarius) is used for preparing
touchwood, called punk or German tinder.
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Agaric mineral, a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of
lime, sometimes called
rock milk, formed in caverns or
fissures of limestone.
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