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ASTREUS PTERIDIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Astreus pteridis mean?
• ASTREUS PTERIDIS (noun)
The noun ASTREUS PTERIDIS has 1 sense:
1. the largest earthstar; the fruiting body can measure 15 cm across when the rays are expanded
Familiarity information: ASTREUS PTERIDIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The largest earthstar; the fruiting body can measure 15 cm across when the rays are expanded
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Astreus pteridis" 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)
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