CORTINARIUS VIOLACEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cortinarius violaceus mean? 

• CORTINARIUS VIOLACEUS (noun)
  The noun CORTINARIUS VIOLACEUS has 1 sense:

1. a fungus that is violet overall with a squamulose cap

  Familiarity information: CORTINARIUS VIOLACEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORTINARIUS VIOLACEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fungus that is violet overall with a squamulose cap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cortinarius violaceus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Cortinarius violaceus" is a member of...):

Cortinarius; genus Cortinarius (the largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils))