VOLVARIELLA VOLVACEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Volvariella volvacea mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOLVARIELLA VOLVACEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese mushroom; straw mushroom; Volvariella volvacea

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

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

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

genus Volvariella; Volvariella (an important genus of mushrooms in the Orient)