GEASTRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Geastrum mean? 

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

1. type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEASTRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Geastrum; genus Geastrum

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

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

family Geastraceae; Geastraceae (a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales)