MARASMIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Marasmius mean? 

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

1. chiefly small mushrooms with white spores

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARASMIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly small mushrooms with white spores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Marasmius; Marasmius

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Marasmius"):

fairy-ring mushroom; Marasmius oreades (mushroom that grows in a fairy ring)

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

Agaricaceae; family Agaricaceae (large family including many familiar mushrooms)