ASTREUS HYGROMETRICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Astreus hygrometricus mean? 

• ASTREUS HYGROMETRICUS (noun)
  The noun ASTREUS HYGROMETRICUS has 1 sense:

1. a common species of earthstar widely distributed in sandy soil; the gleba is a pale tan

  Familiarity information: ASTREUS HYGROMETRICUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASTREUS HYGROMETRICUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A common species of earthstar widely distributed in sandy soil; the gleba is a pale tan

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Astreus hygrometricus" is a kind of...):

earthstar (any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star)