Meanings
nounamanitin (countable and uncountable, plural amanitins)
plural amanitins
- countableuncountablebiochemistryA deadly amatoxin found in Amanita phalloides (the death cap), the four destroying angels (Amanita bisporigera, Amanita ocreata, Amanita verna, and Amanita virosa), and some other amanitas.
Death caps contain a poison called amanitin which, according to the UK's Woodland Trust, is responsible for 90 per cent of all fatalities caused by ingesting fungus.
2025 May 17, Jay Rayner, “When foraging turns toxic”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20
Origin
From Translingual Amanita + English -in.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto amanitino
- amanitinodeadly amatoxin
Finnish amanitiini
- amanitiinideadly amatoxin
Hungarian amanitin, alfa-amanitin
- amanitindeadly amatoxin
- alfa-amanitindeadly amatoxin
- α-amanitindeadly amatoxin
Polish amanityna
- amanitynadeadly amatoxin
Portuguese amanitina
- amanitinadeadly amatoxin
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
amanitin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amanitin
MLA
“amanitin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amanitin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amanitin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amanitin.
Source: amanitin on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.