GENUS GEASTRUM Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the phrase genus geastrum. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for GENUS GEASTRUM
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earthstar | nounn | |||||||
noun • any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
puffball | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature • any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | ||||||||
species | nounn | |||||||
noun • (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed • a specific kind of something | ||||||||
geastrum | nounn | |||||||
noun • type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments |