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PARASOL MUSHROOM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parasol mushroom mean?
• PARASOL MUSHROOM (noun)
The noun PARASOL MUSHROOM has 1 sense:
1. edible long-stalked mushroom with white flesh and gills and spores; found in open woodlands in autumn
Familiarity information: PARASOL MUSHROOM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Edible long-stalked mushroom with white flesh and gills and spores; found in open woodlands in autumn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lepiota procera; parasol mushroom
Hypernyms ("parasol mushroom" is a kind of...):
agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)
Holonyms ("parasol mushroom" is a member of...):
genus Lepiota (agarics with white spores that includes several edible and poisonous mushrooms: parasol mushrooms)
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