Meaning & use
Virose
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Having a poisonous or foul, disagreeable smell, used especially to describe certain fungi and plants.
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The field guide warned that the mushroom's virose odor was a sign it should not be eaten.
Several virose species in the genus resemble edible mushrooms closely enough to be dangerous.
A note on using this word
A technical term used mainly in mycology and botany, derived from the Latin 'virosus,' meaning poisonous.
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