ARMILLARIELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Armillariella mean? 

• ARMILLARIELLA (noun)
  The noun ARMILLARIELLA has 1 sense:

1. a honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria; grows in clusters; edible (when cooked) but most attention has been on how to get rid of it

  Familiarity information: ARMILLARIELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARMILLARIELLA (noun)

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Meaning:

A honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria; grows in clusters; edible (when cooked) but most attention has been on how to get rid of it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Armillariella; genus Armillariella

Hypernyms ("Armillariella" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Armillariella"):

Armillariella mellea; honey fungus; honey mushroom (a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw)

Holonyms ("Armillariella" is a member of...):

family Tricholomataceae; Tricholomataceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)