INKY CAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inky cap mean? 

• INKY CAP (noun)
  The noun INKY CAP has 1 sense:

1. having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured

  Familiarity information: INKY CAP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INKY CAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Coprinus atramentarius; inky-cap mushroom; inky cap

Hypernyms ("inky cap" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("inky cap" is a member of...):

Coprinus; genus Coprinus (genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae)