FRUITING BODY Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the phrase fruiting body. (close relations)
Definition of FRUITING BODY
body
Best Alternative Words for FRUITING BODY
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ascocarp | nounn | |||||||
noun • mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus | ||||||||
basidiocarp | nounn | |||||||
noun • the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells | ||||||||
carpophore | nounn | |||||||
noun • a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel | ||||||||
mushroom | nounn | |||||||
noun • common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool) • mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.) • any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium • a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb) • fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi verb • pick or gather mushrooms • grow and spread fast | ||||||||
sporocarp | nounn | |||||||
noun • specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia |