English

amatoxin

Blend of amanita + toxin.

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μᾱνος

Ancient Greek ἀμανίτης ‘a type of mushroom’

Latin toxicum ‘a poison used on the tips of arrows’

English toxin

Today it means

noun Any of a class of toxic peptides produced by several mushrooms of the genus Amanita and others.

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