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BLUSHING MUSHROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blushing mushroom mean? 

BLUSHING MUSHROOM (noun)
  The noun BLUSHING MUSHROOM has 1 sense:

1. yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touchedplay

  Familiarity information: BLUSHING MUSHROOM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUSHING MUSHROOM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amanita rubescens; blusher; blushing mushroom

Hypernyms ("blushing mushroom" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("blushing mushroom" is a member of...):

Amanita; genus Amanita (genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions)


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