VOLVARIELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Volvariella mean? 

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

1. an important genus of mushrooms in the Orient

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOLVARIELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An important genus of mushrooms in the Orient

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Volvariella; Volvariella

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Volvariella"):

Chinese mushroom; straw mushroom; Volvariella volvacea (small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem; an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commercially)

Volvariella bombycina (a mushroom with a dry yellowish to white fibrillose cap)

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

family Pluteaceae; Pluteaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)