TRUNCOCOLUMELLA CITRINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Truncocolumella citrina mean? 

• TRUNCOCOLUMELLA CITRINA (noun)
  The noun TRUNCOCOLUMELLA CITRINA has 1 sense:

1. a fungus with a round yellow to orange fruiting body that is found on the surface of the ground or partially buried; has a distinctive sterile column extending into the spore-bearing tissue

  Familiarity information: TRUNCOCOLUMELLA CITRINA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUNCOCOLUMELLA CITRINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fungus with a round yellow to orange fruiting body that is found on the surface of the ground or partially buried; has a distinctive sterile column extending into the spore-bearing tissue

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Truncocolumella citrina" is a kind of...):

false truffle (any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle)

Holonyms ("Truncocolumella citrina" is a member of...):

genus Truncocolumella; Truncocolumella (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Rhizopogonaceae)