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ASTREUS HYGROMETRICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Astreus hygrometricus mean? 

ASTREUS HYGROMETRICUS (noun)
  The noun ASTREUS HYGROMETRICUS has 1 sense:

1. a common species of earthstar widely distributed in sandy soil; the gleba is a pale tanplay

  Familiarity information: ASTREUS HYGROMETRICUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ASTREUS HYGROMETRICUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A common species of earthstar widely distributed in sandy soil; the gleba is a pale tan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Astreus hygrometricus" is a kind of...):

earthstar (any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star)


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