DEAD-MAN'S-FINGERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dead-man's-fingers mean? 

• DEAD-MAN'S-FINGERS (noun)
  The noun DEAD-MAN'S-FINGERS has 1 sense:

1. the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria

  Familiarity information: DEAD-MAN'S-FINGERS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEAD-MAN'S-FINGERS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dead-man's-fingers; dead-men's-fingers; Xylaria polymorpha

Hypernyms ("dead-man's-fingers" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Holonyms ("dead-man's-fingers" is a member of...):

genus Xylaria; Xylaria (type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata)