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EARTH-TONGUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does earth-tongue mean?
• EARTH-TONGUE (noun)
The noun EARTH-TONGUE has 1 sense:
1. any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum
Familiarity information: EARTH-TONGUE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
earth-tongue; earthtongue
Hypernyms ("earth-tongue" is a kind of...):
fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)
Holonyms ("earth-tongue" is a member of...):
genus Geoglossum; Geoglossum (type genus of the Geoglossaceae comprising the earthtongues)
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