MILKCAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does milkcap mean? 

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

1. edible mushroom

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILKCAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Edible mushroom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lactarius delicioso; milkcap

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

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

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

genus Lactarius; Lactarius (large genus of agarics that have white spore and contain a white or milky juice when cut or broken; includes both edible and poisonous species)