GEASTRUM CORONATUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Geastrum coronatum mean? 

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

1. an earthstar with a bluish spore sac and a purplish brown gleba; at maturity the outer layer splits into rays that bend backward and elevate the spore sac

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEASTRUM CORONATUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An earthstar with a bluish spore sac and a purplish brown gleba; at maturity the outer layer splits into rays that bend backward and elevate the spore sac

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Geastrum coronatum" 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)