FLAMMULINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Flammulina mean? 

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

1. a genus of agarics

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAMMULINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of agarics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Flammulina; genus Flammulina

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Flammulina"):

Flammulina velutipes; winter mushroom (an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters)

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

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