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COMMON STINKHORN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common stinkhorn mean?
• COMMON STINKHORN (noun)
The noun COMMON STINKHORN has 1 sense:
1. a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism
Familiarity information: COMMON STINKHORN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common stinkhorn; Phallus impudicus
Hypernyms ("common stinkhorn" is a kind of...):
carrion fungus; stinkhorn (any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales)
Holonyms ("common stinkhorn" is a member of...):
genus Phallus; Phallus (genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem)
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