AGARICUS CAMPESTRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Agaricus campestris mean? 

• AGARICUS CAMPESTRIS (noun)
  The noun AGARICUS CAMPESTRIS has 1 sense:

1. common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce

  Familiarity information: AGARICUS CAMPESTRIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGARICUS CAMPESTRIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Agaricus campestris; field mushroom; meadow mushroom

Hypernyms ("Agaricus campestris" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("Agaricus campestris" is a member of...):

Agaricus; genus Agaricus (type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species)