death cap
nounEtymology From a clipping of capacitor.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Slang A potentially dangerous capacitor on the primary side of the power transformer in a guitar amp.
death cap
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The deadly poisonous mushroom Amanita phalloides.
- Erin Patterson has told a court that the majority of the mushrooms in a beef wellington dish served in her Leongatha home came from a local supermarket, but says she also accepts the dish contained death caps.2025 June 3, Nino Bucci, “Erin Patterson accepts beef wellington served at fatal lunch contained death cap mushrooms, triple murder trial hears”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Related terms
- amanitin, destroying angel