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VOLVARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Volvaria mean?
• VOLVARIA (noun)
The noun VOLVARIA has 1 sense:
1. agarics having pink spores and a distinct volva
Familiarity information: VOLVARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Agarics having pink spores and a distinct volva
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Volvaria; Volvaria
Hypernyms ("Volvaria" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Volvaria"):
Volvaria bombycina (a parasite on various trees)
Holonyms ("Volvaria" is a member of...):
family Volvariaceae; Volvariaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)
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